Kalman Floor Co., Inc. v. Jos. L. Muscarelle, Inc.

Decision Date31 January 1985
Citation98 N.J. 266,486 A.2d 334
PartiesKALMAN FLOOR COMPANY, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOS. L. MUSCARELLE, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendant-Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. WAKEFERN FOOD CORP., Third-Party Defendant. KALMAN FLOOR COMPANY, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, Jos. L. Muscarelle, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, George H. Friedman and Carol Moffatt, Defendants-Respondents.
CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court

On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 196 N.J.Super. 16, 481 A.2d 553 (1984).

Merritt T. Viscardi, Springfield, for plaintiff-appellant (Apruzzese & McDermott, Mastro & Murphy, Springfield, attorneys).

Gerald W. Conway, Roseland, for defendant-respondent third-party plaintiff Jos. L. Muscarelle, Inc. (Conway & Reiseman, Roseland, and Shannon Z. Taylor, Secaucus, attorneys).

Robert M. Schwartz, Trenton, for defendants-respondents American Arbitration Association, George H. Friedman and Carol Moffatt (Amdur & Friedrich, Paramus, attorneys).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 196 N.J.Super. 16, 481 A.2d 553 (1984).

For affirmance --Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices CLIFFORD, HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN and GARIBALDI--6.

For reversal --None.

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