Kane v. Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc.
| Court | United States State Supreme Court (New Jersey) |
| Citation | 669 A.2d 816,143 N.J. 141 |
| Parties | John KANE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. HARTZ MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES, INC., Hartz Mountain Development Corp., Hartz-Claiborne Limited Partnership, Joseph Romeo, Nacamuli Associates, Kenneth Carl Bonte, Keith A. Michels and John Does 1-9, Defendants-Appellants, and Liz Claiborne Inc., Defendant, and HOWELL STEEL, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EASTERN STEEL ERECTORS, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. |
| Decision Date | 22 January 1996 |
On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 278 N.J.Super. 129, 650 A.2d 808 (1994).
Francis J. Zazzaro, Secaucus, for appellants Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., Hartz Mountain Development Corp., Hartz Claiborne Limited Partnership, Joseph Romeo, Kenneth Carl Bonte and Keith A. Michels (Waters, McPherson, McNeill, attorneys; Jason K. Gross, on the briefs).
Elliott Abrutyn, Livingston, for appellant Howell Steel, Inc. (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys; David L. Wikstrom and Richard E. Snyder, on the briefs).
Bradley M. Wilson, West Orange, for appellant Nacamuli Associates (Sachs, Maitlin, Fleming, Greene & Wilson, attorneys; John J. Cignavitch, on the brief).
Sean F. Colquhoun, Morristown, for appellant Eastern Steel Erectors, Inc. (Colquhoun & Colquhoun, attorneys).
Thomas A. Kalapos, Red Bank, for respondent (Atkinson, DeBartolo & Kalapos, attorneys).
On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 278 N.J.Super. 129, 650 A.2d 808 (1994).
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of Judge Shebell of the Appellate Division, reported at 278 N.J.Super. 129, 650 A.2d 808 (1994).
For affirmance--Chief Justice WILENTZ, and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN and COLEMAN--7.
Opposed--none.
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