BOSCH v. HAIN


184 N.J. Super. 204 (1982)

445 A.2d 465

BILLY BOSCH AND AIDA RIVERA, PLAINTIFFS, v. ISAAC AND GENONEA HAIN, THE CITY OF HOBOKEN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, JOHN A. DOE, JOHN B. DOE, DEFENDANTS. PLACEDO SOTO, AS ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM FOR THE HEIRS-AT-LAW OF NICHOLAS TORRES ET AL., PLAINTIFF, v. ISAAC HAIN AND GENOVEA HAIN, DEFENDANTS. CETERAM DREPAUL, AS ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATES OF JACOB DREPAUL ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. CITY OF HOBOKEN, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Hudson County.

Decided February 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Dennehy for plaintiffs Bosch and Rivera (Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, attorneys).

Bennett J. Wasserman for plaintiffs Drepaul.

Peter E. Markens, Deputy Attorney General, for defendant State of New Jersey (in Bosch) (James R. Zazzali, Attorney General, attorney).

Howard M. Nirenberg, Deputy Attorney General, for defendant State of New Jersey (in Drepaul) (James R. Zazzali, Attorney General, attorney).

Jay M. Liebman, Assistant County Counsel, for defendant County of Hudson (in Drepaul) (Francis P. Morley, County Counsel, attorney).

Carl F. Schaeffer for defendant City of Hoboken (Lawrence E. Florio, City Attorney, attorney).

Charles M. James for defendant Hain (James & Addas, attorneys).


O'BRIEN, A.J.S.C.

On January 20, 1979 21 people were killed and others injured in a fire in the City of Hoboken. These three suits are for the wrongful death and personal injuries suffered by some of the victims of this fire who were occupants of a multiple dwelling owned by defendants Isaac and Genovea Hain. Pursuant to the New Jersey Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq., the building was inspected on October 31, 1978. This inspection...

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