RAMAPO BRAE v. BERGEN CO. HOUSING AUTH., 167 N.J. 155 (2001)

770 A.2d 253

RAMAPO BRAE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.; DIANE BENNETT; ZACHARY ANNE ALLEGRETTI; ILEEN CHANNER; JOSEPH LESLIE DE MEO; DOROTHY NATALE; PAUL LUCINE BAUMGART; HERMAT ROLA BARKHO; VOJTECH JUDY CERNY; FERMIN NANCY DIAZ; ALICE BOYD-WILLIAMS; RAJENDRA SURYA R. PATEL; DAVID

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NANCY VIOLETTE; JAMES DEBRA BURNETTE; HENRY SHOW-LING HO; THOMAS JANET HAMILL; ROBERT RHONDA SMITH; PETER MARYJANE DURANTE; HAROLD TAMMY BRENDEL; SCOTT LINDA GOODWIN; RAYMOND LAURA M.C. DONALD; STEVEN VERONICA MARINO; CARL JANICE ARNOLD; SANDRA BOYD; VICTOR KATHLEEN VELASQUEZ; DINESH BAHRTI SANGHVI; GLORIA MELENDEZ; ENRIQUE ALBA VITERY; GUILLERMO MARIA ESCOBAR; JO ANN WARGO; JOHN ROSE MARIE ADAMKOVICH; THOMAS NANCY VETTER; CHARLES DIANNE M.C. CREADY; STEVEN SHARLENE SCHERER; KAMPI TARA PRAGDAT; JIRINA MANDIC and ALBERT SARAH YIP, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Respondents, v. BERGEN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, properly identified as HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BERGEN COUNTY, Defendant-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, and NORTH AMERICAN HOUSING CORPORATION; T.R. ARNOLD ASSOCIATES; RESIDENTIAL WARRANTY CORPORATION and MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MENS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants-Respondents, and E. O. D’ALESSANDRO, INC., a/k/a E. O. D’ALESSANDRO GARDEN CENTER; ABC CORP.; XYZ CORP.; TARQUINI ELKIN/SOBOLTA, Architects and Planners; ZZZ ARCHITECTS, INC.; JOHN DOES, as fictitious names for unknown members of the Bergen County Housing Authority and TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH, Defendants, and UFHEIL CONSTRUCTION, CO., INC.; JOSEPH FERRANTE D/B/A J.F. CONSTRUCTION; G. M ROOFING SERVICE, INC.; JASLO CORPORATION T/A GIORDANO PLUMBING AND HEATING, INC.; TEK ELECTRIC, INS.; WILLIAM L. WISSING, P.E., L.S.; WISSING ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES; COSTIC BALUT ASSOCIATES; HOOVER TREATED WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.; ABC CORPORATION 1 THROUGH X; and XYZ CORPORATION 1 THROUGH X (said name being fictitious and presently unknown and undetermined), Third-Party Defendants and MERIDIAN CONSTRUCTION, CO., INC., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

A-143/144 September Term 1999Supreme Court of New Jersey.Argued January 3, 2001
Decided April 30, 2001

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On appeal from and certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 328 N.J. Super. 561
(App.Div. 2000).

CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES STEIN, COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO,LaVECCHIA, and ZAZZALI join in this PER CURIAM opinion.

John F. Darcy argued the cause for appellants and cross-respondents (McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney, attorneys. Mr. Darcy and Kevin P. Harkins on the briefs).

Terrence J. Corriston argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Breslin Breslin, attorneys).

Thomas J. Perry argued the cause for respondents Residential Warranty Corporation and Merchants and Business Mens Insurance Company (Riker,Danzig, Scherer, Hyland Perretti, attorneys).

Frank M. Coscia argued the cause for respondents North American Housing Corporation and T.R. Arnold Associates (Gallo Geffner Fenster, attorneys).

John G. Tinker, Jr., argued the cause for respondent Meridian Construction Co., Inc. (Leary, Bride, Tinker Moran, attorneys).

PER CURIAM

The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Wefing’s opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 328 N.J. Super. 561 (App.Div. 2000).

For reversal and remandment — Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices STEIN, COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO, LaVECCHIA and ZAZZALI — 7.

Opposed — none.

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