STRAWN EX REL. STRAWN v. CANUSO


271 N.J. Super. 88 (1994)

638 A.2d 141

JOANNE STRAWN, GERALD L. STRAWN, TRACEY A. STRAWN AND BRANDON M. STRAWN, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, JOANNE STRAWN, RUSSELL C. BURTON AND BRETT C. BURTON, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, RUSSELL C. BURTON, WILLIAM HELBLING, ANTHONY ALVAREZ, RITA ALVAREZ, LISA ALVAREZ, JOHN M. GAVEN, SR., ANNETTE M. GAVEN, AND JOHN M. GAVEN, JR., YOUNG D. KIM, JULIA S. KIM, AND PATRICK KIM AND ROY KIM BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, YOUNG KIM, ALBERT WILLIAMS, EVELYN WILLIAMS, AND STEPHEN WILLIAMS, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, CROSS-RESPONDENTS, AND MARIE C. INCOLLINGO, ANTHONY F. INCOLLINGO, MICHELLE M. INCOLLINGO, NANCY ANN INCOLLINGO, FRANK CARNOT, RAEFFAELA CARNOT, WILLIAM DENNIS, JACQUELINE DENNIS, NICOLE M. DENNIS AND FARRAH D. DENNIS, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, JACQUELINE DENNIS, MICHAEL POWELL, AMY POWELL AND MOLLY POWELL, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, DOROTHY POWELL, MICHAEL J. VITARELLI, SR., LOIS A. VITARELLI AND JACQUELINE VITARELLI, LESLIE VITARELLI, MICHAEL VITARELLI, JR., BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM LOIS VITARELLI, CHRISTOPHER CONTI, ELAYNE CONTI, DANA MARIE CONTI AND GINA CHRISTINE CONTI, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM ELAYNE CONTI, EUGENE E. JARON, ANN T. JARON, KATHLEEN A. JARON, STEPHEN M. JARON, PAUL M. KRAMER, PATRICIA G. KRAMER, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM PATRICIA KRAMER, SANDY OBLENA, ESTRELLA OBLENA, NATHANIEL OBLENA, AND MICHAEL OBLENA BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM SANDY OBLENA, ANTHONY CHAPMAN, CATHARINE CHAPMAN, DAVID CHAPMAN AND ADRIANE CHAPMAN BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM CATHARINE CHAPMAN, JAY AGNES, JACQUELINE AGNES, ROBERT LEWIS, CELINE LEWIS, AND STEPHANIE LEWIS, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM ROBERT LEWIS, TRUDY BECMER, EDMUND BECMER, DEBRA MURACA, FRANK MURACA, DAVID BARD, RUTH BARD, HOWARD FRIEDMAN, MARIANO A. PINIZZOTTO, AND MARIE ROSE PINIZZOTTO BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM MARIANO A. PINIZZOTTO, CHESTER A. RIDDICK, JR., CARMELITA D. RIDDICK, TODD RIDDICK, AND ALLEN RIDDICK, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM CARMELITA D. RIDDICK, MARTIN V. GOLDSTEIN, PATRICIA M. CORSON, FREDERICK E. CHINK, MARIA P. CHINK, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM FREDERICK E. CHINK, RICHARD J. NELSON AND MARY ANN NELSON, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS, v. JOHN B. CANUSO, SR., JOHN B. CANUSO, JR., CANETIC CORPORATION AND CANUSO MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND FOX & LAZO INC., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, CROSS-APPELLANTS, AND JOCAN, INC., WEICHERT REALTORS, JOHN DOE (ONE) THROUGH JOHN DOE (TWENTY) AND DOE CORPORATION (ONE) THROUGH DOE CORPORATION (TWENTY), DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Rosen argued the cause for appellants (Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, and Williams, Cuker & Casper, attorneys; Mr. Rosen, Mark R. Cuker and Alan H. Casper, of counsel, and on the brief).

Alan Greenberg argued the cause for defendants-respondents (Rawle & Henderson, attorneys; Mr. Greenberg, Tina L. Nugent and Joanne Stipick, of counsel; Ms. Nugent and Ms. Stipick, on the brief).

Gregory R. McCloskey argued the cause for defendant-respondent, cross-appellant Fox & Lazo Inc. Realtors (Begley, McCloskey & Gaskill, attorneys; Mr. McCloskey and David E. Ewan, on the brief).

Before Judges COLEMAN, THOMAS and LEVY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by COLEMAN, P.J.A.D.

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