GIBSON EX REL. GIBSON v. ARROWHEAD COND. CO., INC.


253 N.J. Super. 648 (1991)

602 A.2d 800

JORDAN GIBSON, AN INFANT BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, DALE GIBSON AND DALE GIBSON, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS, v. ARROWHEAD CONDITIONING COMPANY, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, AND JOHN D'ADDARIO, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Somerset County.

Decided October 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Scirocco, for plaintiffs (Einhorn, Harris, Ascher & Barbarito, attorneys).

Robert E. Ryan, for defendants (Connell, Foley & Geiser, attorneys).


ARNOLD, P.J.Cv.

N.J.S.A. 39:4-14.1 provides that a person riding a bicycle shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle. This lawsuit raises the novel issue of whether the statute is applicable to a person riding a bicycle on a sidewalk. For the reasons set forth below, this court concludes that the statute is not applicable.

On August 12, 1988, Jordan Gibson, age 11, was riding his bicycle in an easterly direction in...

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