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

• Decision Date: 31 January 1985
• Citation: Kalman Floor Co., Inc. v. Jos. L. Muscarelle, Inc., 486 A.2d 334, 98 N.J. 266 (N.J. 1985)
• Parties: KALMAN 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.
• Court: New Jersey Supreme Court

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98 N.J. 266

486 A.2d 334

KALMAN 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.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued Jan. 7, 1985.

Decided Jan. 31, 1985.

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,...