GEORGE N. WYLIE AND JOAN WYLIE, PLAINTIFFS,
v.
DENNIS R. MILLS; DORIS M. FIORITO; CITY OF ELIZABETH; STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY; PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY; DAIDONE ELECTRIC, INC.; HESS BROTHERS, INC.; CHARLES SUKENEK, HOWARD NEEDLES, TAMMEN & BERGENDOFF AND TRAFFIC LINES, INC., DEFENDANTS, AND DORIS M. FIORITO AND DENNIS R. MILLS, THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFFS,
v.
PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY, THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT. DENNIS R. MILLS, PLAINTIFF,
v.
GEORGE N. WYLIE, PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY, AND CITY OF ELIZABETH, DEFENDANTS. DORIS M. FIORITO, INDIVIDUALLY, DORIS M. FIORITO, AS PARENT AND NATURAL GUARDIAN OF PETER FIORITO, III, A MINOR, BERNICE T. FIORITO, INDIVIDUALLY; AND BERNICE T. FIORITO, AS PARENT AND NATURAL GUARDIAN OF FRANK FIORITO, III, A MINOR, PLAINTIFFS,
v.
GEORGE N. WYLIE; PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY, A PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY AND DENNIS R. MILLS; CITY OF ELIZABETH, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Union County.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided April 19, 1984.
Decided April 19, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William J. Salmond, for defendant City of Elizabeth (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys).
X. Paul Humbert, for defendant and third party defendant Public Service Electric and Gas Company (William S. Smith, General Claims Attorney).
Raymond A. Gill, Jr., for plaintiffs George N. Wylie and Joan Wylie (Dato, Kracht & Gill, attorneys).
Frank Cofone, Jr., for defendants Dennis R. Mills and Doris M. Fiorito (A. Herbert D'Amico, attorney).
Anne M. Zaun, for defendant State of New Jersey, Department of Transportation (Irwin J. Kimmelman, Attorney General, attorney).
Stanley R. Bright, for defendant for New Jersey Turnpike Authority (Bright & Zirulnik, attorneys).
Michael D. Driscoll, for defendant Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Hugh H. Welsh, attorney).
Michael F. O'Neill, for defendant Daidone Electric, Inc. (Purcell, Ries, Shannon & Mulcahy, attorneys).
Jeffrey W. Moryan, for defendant Hess Brothers, Inc. (Connell, Foley & Geiser, attorneys).
Hugh Porter, for defendant Traffic Lines, Inc. (Enright, Porter, Lenney & McGrath, attorneys).
John Feniak, for plaintiff Dennis R. Mills.
Matthew T. Rinaldo, for plaintiffs Doris M. Fiorito and Bernice T. Fiorito (Rinaldo & Rinaldo attorneys).
Louis A. Ruprecht, for defendant Dennis R. Mills (McDermott, McGee & Ruprecht, attorneys).
Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Union County.
LECHNER, J.S.C.
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