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PETERSEN v. TOLSTOW

184 N.J. Super. 84 (1982)

445 A.2d 84

PATRICIA E. PETERSEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM OF DENISE MARIE PETERSEN, AN INFANT MINOR, PLAINTIFFS, v. RUSSELL TOLSTOW AND MYRA TOLSTOW, HIS WIFE, INDIVIDUALLY, JOINTLY, SEVERALLY, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, AND THOMAS PERNA, AND ALICE PERNA, HIS WIFE, INDIVIDUALLY, JOINTLY, SEVERALLY OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Atlantic County.

Decided March 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Pollis for plaintiff Petersen.

A. Michael Barker for defendants Tolstow.

Stephen Sweet for defendants Perna.

CONNOR, J.S.C.

Presented here are issues of contribution and common-law indemnity arising out of the interrelationship of the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-1 et seq. (the so-called "Dog Bite Statute"), N.J.S.A. 4:19-16 and the Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 et seq.

They arise in the context of an action for personal injuries suffered by a 23-month-old victim caused by a dog bite when...

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