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... calculating the ten-year period of the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J ... Hamnett defendants were barred by both the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), and the statute of limitations, N.J.S.A ... calculating the ten-year period of the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J ... who have obtained dismissals pursuant to the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a). Following structural failures in its public safety facility, plaintiff ... court’s finding that the ten-year period prescribed in N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a) commenced when the first Temporary Certificate of Occupancy was ... They asserted, among other theories, that the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), barred the Town’s claims. 1 The trial ...

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2 The Palisades at Fort Lee Condominium Association, Inc. v. 100 Old Palisade, LLC -- rank: 992

... Legislature enacted the statute of repose in construction-defect cases, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), to insulate construction professionals from indefinite liability through operation ... all defendants were filed within this ten-year period. Therefore, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a) does not stand as a bar to plaintiff’s ... would render contractors “forever liable.” It observed that N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), the statute of repose, limits to a ten-year ... Division wrongly held that the ten-year statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), sets the outer limit for all construction-defect actions ... and unsafe condition of an improvement to real property.” N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a) (emphasis added). Defendants reason that under the Appellate Division� ... Legislature enacted the statute of repose in construction-defect cases, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), to insulate construction professionals -- such as architects, planners, ...

docket:	A-101-15
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2017-05-01
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citation:	230 N.J. 427 169 A.3d 473
Document Size:	96768

3 Town of Kearny v. Louis F. Brandt -- rank: 982

... calculating the ten-year period of the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J ... Hamnett defendants were barred by both the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), and the statute of limitations, N.J.S.A ... calculating the ten-year period of the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), and 2) whether the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J ... who have obtained dismissals pursuant to the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a). Following structural failures in its public safety facility, plaintiff ... court’s finding that the ten-year period prescribed in N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a) commenced when the first Temporary Certificate of Occupancy was ... They asserted, among other theories, that the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), barred the Town’s claims. 1 The trial ...

docket:	a-60-11
court:	New Jersey Supreme Court
decided:	2013-06-20
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4 Greczyn v. Colgate-Palmolive -- rank: 974

... interplay of the statute of repose protecting designers and builders, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, and the rule governing New Jersey�s fictitious-party practice ... based on the ten-year statute of repose found in N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1. The Appellate Division affirmed, concluding that a statute of repose ... liability for architects and builders after a specific time period. N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1. The discovery rule provides that the statute of limitations does ... N.J. 202 (1968), a year after the enactment of N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 does not specifically preclude importation of fictitious-party practice, thus ... is finite and circumscribed, thus meeting the legislative intent underlying N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1. (Pp. 18-20) ����The judgment of the Appellate Division is ... interplay of the statute of repose protecting designers and builders, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, and the rule governing our fictitious-party practice. R. ...

docket:	a-2-04
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-03-21
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citation:	183 N.J. 5
Document Size:	53241

5 LACEY MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY VS NEW DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ET AL -- rank: 967

... them were barred by the ten-year limitation period of N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1," which barred a complaint thereunder if brought "more than 10 ... the State's claims were insulated from the operation of N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, and, therefore, were not time-barred by the statute." Id ...

docket:	a2758-96
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-06-04
status:	published
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6 CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD v. VITETTA GROUP, P.C. -- rank: 962

... plaintiff's claims were "barred" by the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, because suit was not commenced within ten years of completion ... actions commenced by the State or its political subdivisions, and N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, which is a statute of repose governing recovery of damages ... N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.2a. Plaintiff maintains N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, the statute of repose, expressly and specifically applies to this ... the . . . supervision or construction of an improvement to real property[.] [ N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1.] Plaintiff asserts its claims against Gilbane are solely governed by ... The time within which an action may be brought under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 "'is entirely unrelated to the accrual of any cause of ... and citations omitted).] Consequently, it is now well-accepted that N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 was specifically "intended to limit the time within which ...

docket:	a1377-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-07-30
status:	published
citation:	431 N.J.Super. 596 71 A.3d 235
Document Size:	43479

7 WENDY GRECZYN et al. v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE, KLING LINDQUIST -- rank: 901

... Kling Lindquist, relying on our ten-year statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, moved for summary judgment. The trial court granted the motion ... the original complaint. Plaintiff has appealed from the resultant order. ���� N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 provides in pertinent part: ��������No action whether in contract, in ... did not create a defective and unsafe condition and thus N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 inapplicable). A statute of repose, on the other hand, operates ... no redress. [ Rosenberg , supra , 61 N.J. at 199.] Under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, "[i]njury occurring more than ten years after the performance ... Property , 2 002 A.L.R. 5th 21 (2002). ����Because N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 is a statute of repose as opposed to a statute ... N.J. 605 (1978). ����A statute of repose such as N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 serves a different purpose than does a statute of ...

docket:	a5033-02
court:	njappellate
decided:	2004-03-10
status:	published
citation:	367 N.J. Super. 385
Document Size:	37673

8 LOUIS CYKTOR, JR., et al. v. ASPEN MANOR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION et al. -- rank: 843

... on appeal is whether the ten-year statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, protecting "any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision ... action because a strict construction of the plain language of N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 only prohibits actions for damages upon the expiration of the ... issue before this court is strictly a question of whether N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, a statute of repose, bars an enforcement action brought by ... is not a State board, commission, committee, authority or agency. ��������[ N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1.] Specifically the issue is whether this statute applies only to ... bar a DCA enforcement action against persons such as petitioners. ���� N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 was amended in 1997 to clarify that the statute applied ... J. 28 (1994). These decisions prompted the Legislature to amend N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 to clarify that the statute was intended to apply ...

docket:	A2554-01
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2003-04-17
status:	published
citation:	359 N.J. Super. 459 820 A.2d 129
Document Size:	46256

9 State v. Perini Corporation -- rank: 832

... the ten-year limitations period of the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a), begins to run with respect to the installation of ... principles. In 1967, New Jersey adopted a statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a). The statute applies only to work that constitutes an ... the ten-year limitations period of the statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14- 1.1(a), begins to run with respect to the installation of ... principles. In 1967, New Jersey adopted a statute of repose. N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a) provides as follows: No action, whether in contract, in ... work that constitutes an “improvement to real property.” N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1(a). Generally, “an improvement to real property permanently increases ... the performance or furnishing of such services and construction,” N.J.S.A. 2A:14- 1.1, and know there was repose from liability. We do ...

docket:	A-121-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-04-30
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citation:	221 N.J. 412 113 A.3d 1199
Document Size:	63033

10 Ebert v. South Jersey Gas Company -- rank: 830

... on residential property constitutes an improvement within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, which provides that no action shall be brought against a ... In December 1994, Kiely moved for summary judgment, arguing that N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 barred South Jersey's claim. The Law Division denied the ... Company was an improvement to the Ebert home and thus N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 barred South Jersey's claim against it. 1. As distinguished from a statute of limitations, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 is a statute of repose and, as such, prevents what ... permanent in nature. (p. 6) 4. The Legislature intended that N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 should apply to all who can, by a sensible reading ... on residential property is an improvement within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, which provides that no action shall be brought against ...

docket:	a-176-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-02-09
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citation:	157 N.J. 135
Document Size:	23983

11 VALERIA HEADEN v. JERSEY CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION -- rank: 822

... of the state or any political subdivision or district thereof"); N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 (defining "Governmental" as "the State, its political subdivisions, any office ...

docket:	a5947-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-05-12
status:	published
citation:	420 N.J. Super. 105 18 A.3d 1072
Document Size:	45258

12 TRINITY CHURCH v. ATKIN OLSHIN LAWSON-BELL, et al. -- rank: 802

... year statute of repose applicable to architects and construction contractors, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1. Russo , supra , 144 N.J. at 116. The Court rejected ... rule, and a separate ten-year statute of absolute repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, after which potential causes of action no longer exist. See ...

docket:	A3022-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-06-27
status:	published
citation:	394 N.J. Super. 159 925 A.2d 720
Document Size:	101817

13 PASSAIC ARMS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC v. FELBEE REALTY, LP -- rank: 787

... claim for relief under the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, and N.J.S.A. 2A:14.1-1, for protecting designers and builders. A-1377-18 26 Super ...

docket:	a1377-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-29
status:	Unpublished
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14 PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION v. PRISMATIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC. -- rank: 782

... Court has observed that the ten-year statute of repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, was enacted in part to limit the potential exposure to ...

docket:	a5125-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-10-07
status:	unpublished
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15 Dziewiecki v. Bakula -- rank: 777

... services enumerated in the New Jersey Statute of Repose (SOR), N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, include manufacturers and suppliers of mass-produced products such as ... entities protected by the New Jersey Statute of Repose (SOR), N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1. To the extent that claims against Grobels, Inc. are based ... bar set by the New Jersey Statute of Repose (SOR), N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, 1 and the Appellate Division reversed. Judge Rodriguez, writing for ...

docket:	a-33-03
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decided:	2004-08-03
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