Westphal v. Guarino

• Decision Date: 31 October 1978
• Citation: 394 A.2d 354,78 N.J. 308
• Parties: Elizabeth WESTPHAL, as Executrix of the Estate of William Westphal, Deceased, and Elizabeth Westphal, Individually, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Lawrence A. GUARINO, Defendant, and Murray Wagman, Dominick A. Scialabba and Stuart J. Friedman, Defendants-Appellants.
• Court: New Jersey Supreme Court

Page 308

78 N.J. 308

394 A.2d 354

Elizabeth WESTPHAL, as Executrix of the Estate of William Westphal, Deceased, and Elizabeth Westphal, Individually, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v.Lawrence A. GUARINO, Defendant, and Murray Wagman, Dominick A. Scialabba and Stuart J. Friedman, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued Oct. 16, 1978.

Decided Oct. 31, 1978.

On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 163 N.J.Super. 139, 394 A.2d 377.

Robert P. McDonough, Westfield, for defendants-appellants Scialabba and Friedman (McDonough, Murray & Korn, Westfield, attorneys).

John Zen Jackson, Newark, for defendant-appellant Wagman (Shanley & Fisher, Newark, attorneys).

Franklin M. Sachs, Newark, for plaintiffs-respondents(Podvey & Sachs, Newark, attorneys).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of the Appellate Division, 163 N.J.Super. 139, 394 A.2d 377.

For affirmance: Chief Justice HUGHES and Justices MOUNTAIN, SULLIVAN, PASHMAN, CLIFFORD, SCHREIBER and HANDLER 7.

For reversal: None.