BLANKLEY v. NOSTRAME


30 N.J. Super. 405 (1954)

105 A.2d 33

MARY BLANKLEY AND WALTER BLANKLEY, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. FRANK NOSTRAME AND ANNE NOSTRAME, HIS WIFE, AND ALPHONSO LEONE, DEFENDANTS, AND ARLITE INDUSTRIES, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Langan argued the cause for plaintiffs-respondents (Messrs. Emory, Langan & Lamb, attorneys).

Mr. John E. Hughes argued the cause for defendant-appellant Arlite Industries, Inc. (Messrs. Shaw, Hughes & Pindar, attorneys).

Before Judges CLAPP, FREUND and SCHETTINO.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CLAPP, S.J.A.D.

The question we are called upon to decide here is whether a principal contractor, merely by accepting the work of an independent subcontractor, becomes liable for subsequent injuries resulting from a defect in the work attributable to the latter's alleged negligence, even though he could not, in the exercise of due care on or after accepting the work, have discovered the defect.

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