Kane v. Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc.

Decision Date22 January 1996
Citation669 A.2d 816,143 N.J. 141
PartiesJohn 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.
CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court

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).

PER CURIAM.

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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