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1 HAROLD E. SMITH VS ALAN L. WHITAKER, JR. & ET ALS -- rank: 1000

... 31-1 to -6, and under the Survivor's Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 to include the sum of $3,939.00."     On May ... funeral and burial expenses pursuant to the Survivor's Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 to include the sum of $3,939." Since 1969, funeral ... and properly may be allocated to either the survival action, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 See footnote 1 , or the wrongful death action, N.J ... the defendant's oil truck was overtopping her own vehicle.      N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 provides that, in those actions based upon the wrongful act ... Death Act is distinct from the so-called "survival action," N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. In the usual case both actions are joined. [168 N ... The major item of damages in a survival action [under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3] (aside from funeral and burial expenses) is recovery of ...

docket:	a0457-96
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-06-15
status:	published
citation:	313 N.J.Super. 165
Document Size:	96605

2 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/squibs16-17.opn.html -- rank: 971

Original Wordprocessor Version (NOTE: The status of this decision is Published.) DATE NAME OF CASE (DOCKET NUMBER) 06/26/17 I/M/O STATE OF NJ AND FOP POLICE LODGE 91 A-0413-15T4 The interest arbitration and salary cap provisions of the Police and Fire Public Interest Arbitration Reform Act ...

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3 DEBRA WARREN v. CHRISTOPHER P. MUENZEN M.D. -- rank: 917

... applicable to the New Jersey Survivor Act (the Survivor Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. 1 For purposes of our review, we consider the motion ... addition to damages accrued during the lifetime of the deceased. [ N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 (2009).] The language of the first paragraph has remained virtually ... SOL to "[e]very action" brought under the Survivor Act. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. She argues that such a construction results in no more ... as the decedent "would have [brought] if he was living." N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 (emphasis added). In Canino , supra , 96 N.J. at 198, the Court recognized that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, a cause of action for libel or slander was not ... He reasoned plaintiff had a potential cause of action under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 if, at the time of his death, Robert had ...

docket:	a1949-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-12-07
status:	published
citation:	448 N.J.Super. 52 150 A.3d 940
Document Size:	53787

4 Harold E. Smith v. Alan L. Whitaker, Jr. et al -- rank: 897

... sustain a cause of action under the Survivor's Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, or more precisely, whether a survival action will lie where ... the availability of punitive damages under the Survivor's Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, and requires us to determine whether evidence of a plaintiff ... against Whitaker and Coastal pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. Plaintiff claimed that the Coastal oil truck had been “improperly ... amount of $40,178 pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 et seq. ," and that the court had "molded the verdict ... in 1855 by the Survivor's Act, now codified as N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. Soden v. Trenton & Mercer County Traction Co. , 101 N.J ... and Administrators Act, or Survivor's Act, now codified as N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, allowing a decedent's representatives the right to bring ...

docket:	a-15-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-07-20
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citation:	160 N.J. 221
Document Size:	64372

5 ILANA PERETZ, v. RUDRANI K. BELNEKAR, M.D -- rank: 891

... damages for the pain and suffering Aviv experienced while conscious. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3; Smith v. Whitaker, 160 N.J. 221, 236 (1999); Carey ...

docket:	a4953-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-05-15
status:	Unpublished
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6 MICHAEL J. MORLEY, III, v. DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TAXATION -- rank: 877

... on behalf of the estate (a survival claim action) under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. The parties agree that the wrongful death claim action is ... 1855 enacted “the Survivor’s Act, now codified as N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3.” Smith, 160 N.J. at 231 (citations omitted). While ...

docket:	07443-20
court:	NJ Tax Court
decided:	2021-06-07
status:	Published
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7 LaFage v. Jani, M.D. -- rank: 857

... Mrs. LaFage as the executor or administratrix, is based on N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. The damages recoverable in the survivorship action belong to the ... s estate. Barbaria , supra , 191 N.J. Super. at 401; N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. The executor or administratrix pursues that cause of action for ...

docket:	a-65-99
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2001-02-22
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citation:	166 N.J. 412
Document Size:	144285

8 ANN BRADLEY v. JOSEPH KOVELESKY -- rank: 842

... are governed by the two-year limitations period contained in N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 provides: "Executors and administrators may have an action for any ... 393 , 395-96 (E. & A. 1925). The word "trespass" in N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 is broadly construed to include all torts generally. Canino , supra ... 96 N.J. at 194-95. A survival action under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 must be brought within two years of the decedent's ... certain cases where the decedent was a victim of homicide. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. 6 The amendment applies to "any action pending or filed ... strict liability, negligence and trespass claims are time-barred under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. We reach a different result with respect to the ...

docket:	a0423-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-08-15
status:	unpublished
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9 Sheila Aronberg v. Wendell Tolbert, et al. -- rank: 817

... support” to his mother and brother. The Survivor’s Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, permits, for the benefit of the decedent’s estate, an ... to his mother and brother. 2 The Survivor’s Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, permits, for the benefit of the decedent’s estate, an ... 5(a)’s bar to a survival action under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. Yet the pertinent language of the Survivor’s Act and ... had a cause of action if he had lived.” N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. In light of this statutory language, it would be anomalous ... force and effect on” the day of the accident. 3 N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 provides: In those actions based upon the wrongful act, neglect ...

docket:	A-9-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2011-08-29
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10 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2043-19.opn.html -- rank: 805

... could be liable for punitive damages under the Survival Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. Because we agree with the County that it was entitled ...

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11 JACK NEWMAN, et al. v. EUGENE NEWMAN -- rank: 797

... giving rise to an award of punitive damages pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3 and by law against the defendants. 3. WHEREFORE, plaintiff demands ...

docket:	a6710-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2006-05-04
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
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12 Deborah Townsend v. Noah Pierre -- rank: 782

... A. 2A:31-1 to -6, and the Survival Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. Plaintiffs alleged that Garland and Sunset Family Dental negligently maintained ... A. 2A:31-1 to -6, and the Survival Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, against several defendants. Plaintiffs claimed that Pierre operated her vehicle ...

docket:	A-2-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-03-12
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citation:	221 N.J. 36 110 A.3d 52
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13 Edward Johnson, etc., v. Joseph Dobrosky, M.D., et. al. -- rank: 768

... death cause of action. IV Unlike a survival action under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3, which seeks damages for the decedent’s losses before death ...

docket:	a-41-05
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decided:	2006-07-25
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14 ZORICA DIMITROV, v. SAINT MARY'S HOSPITAL -- rank: 742

... S.A. 2A:31- 1 to -6, and Survivor Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. She alleges that the six defendants A-0144-18T4 2 ... and not thereafter . . . .' N.J.S.A. 2A:31-3; N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3.1 In this case, decedent passed away on December 17 ... at any time.' N.J.S.A. 2A:31-3; N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. A-0144-18T4 7 apply. See Presslaff v. Robins, 168 ... two years after the death of decedent, and not thereafter . . . .' N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. The current language of the Survivor Act mandates that no ...

docket:	a0144-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-11-14
status:	Unpublished
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15 ELENA LAZA, v. HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION -- rank: 739

... by the two-year statute of limitations set forth in N.J.S.A. 2A:15-3. See, e.g., Warren v. Muenzen, 448 N.J. Super ...

docket:	a1959-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-10-23
status:	Unpublished
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