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MYSTIC ISLE DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. PERSKIE & NEHMAD

142 N.J. 310 (1995)

662 A.2d 523

MYSTIC ISLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, STANLEY N. DRINKWATER, JR., STANLEY N. DRINKWATER, III, ESQUIRE, AND PATRICK DRINKWATER, INDIVIDUALS, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, AND CROSS-APPELLANTS, v. PERSKIE & NEHMAD, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, STEVEN R. NEHMAD, ESQUIRE, AND BENJAMIN ZELTNER, ESQUIRE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS AND CROSS-RESPONDENTS, AND JOHN DOES 1-50, INCLUSIVE, FICTITIOUS NAMED DEFENDANTS, JOINTLY, SEVERALLY, AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Slimm argued the cause for appellants and cross-respondents Perskie & Nehmad, etc., and Benjamin Zeltner, Esquire (Slimm & Goldberg, attorneys; Mr. Slimm, Lila Wynne Williams, and Peter S. Cuddihy, on the briefs).

Carl D. Poplar argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent Stephen R. Nehmad, Esquire (Poplar & Eastlack, attorneys).

Clifford L. Van Syoc argued the cause for respondents and cross-appellants (Mr. Van Syoc, attorney; Mr. Van Syoc, Evan A. Blaker, and Margaret M. Allen, on the briefs).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

This case, as does the case of Circle Chevrolet v. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, 142 N.J. 280, 662 A.2d 509, also decided today, raises the issue of whether the entire controversy doctrine, as it applies to the joinder of parties, is applicable to attorney-malpractice actions.

In this case, defendants, who are practicing attorneys...

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