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GONCALVES v. WIRE TECHNOLOGY & MACHINERY CO.

253 N.J. Super. 327 (1991)

601 A.2d 780

ANTONIO F. GONCALVES AND PALMIRA GONCALVES, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS, v. WIRE TECHNOLOGY & MACHINERY CO., WIRE TECHNOLOGY & MACHINERY CO., INC., COOK MACHINERY CO., COOK MACHINERY, COOK MACHINERY INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE ENTWISTLE COMPANY, ABC MANUFACTURING CORP., A FICTITIOUS NAME, ACTUAL NAME PRESENTLY UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFFS, DEF DISTRIBUTING CORP., A FICTITIOUS NAME, ACTUAL NAME PRESENTLY UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFFS, AND/OR GHI SERVICING CORP., A FICTITIOUS NAME, ACTUAL NAME PRESENTLY UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFFS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Union County.

Decided October 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forman, Forman, Cardonsky, Andril & Ungvary by Robert C. Carroll, for plaintiffs.

Reiseman & Sharp by Sam Rosenberg, for defendants.

ALLEY, J.S.C.

The principal issue decided in this opinion is whether, as a matter of law, the purchaser of the assets of a defunct manufacturer is immune from liability to a plaintiff injured by defective equipment made by that manufacturer, as that liability is articulated in Ramirez v. Amsted Industries, Inc., 86 N.J. 332, 431 A.2d 811 (1981), merely because the purchase occurred in a liquidation...

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