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YUN v. FORD MOTOR CO.

143 N.J. 162 (1996)

669 A.2d 1378

GLORIA YUN, ADMINISTRATOR AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATE OF CHANG HAK YUN, A/K/A CHANG HAK YUN, DECEASED AND NAM YI YUN, GLORIA YUN, PYONG OK HWANG AND YO CHO SHIM, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, KIM'S MOBILE SERVICE CENTER, INC., JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, PETER DOE, INC., 1 THROUGH 97 (THE FOREGOING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY, CASTLE FORD, UNIVERSAL MOTOR COACH AND KIM'S MOBILE SERVICE CENTER, INC., MILLER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION BEING A FICTITIOUS NAME OF THE PERSONS, FIRMS OR ENTITIES WHO PERFORMED WORK OR SERVICE ON THE SUBJECT MOTOR VEHICLE IN QUESTION, BEING A 1987 FORD VAN), PRECIOUS LINDERMAN AND CHARLES LINDERMAN, DEFENDANTS, AND CASTLE FORD, UNIVERSAL MOTOR COACH, AND MILLER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, AS WELL AS THEIR EMPLOYEES, STAFF, MANAGERS AND PERSONNEL RENDERING SERVICES, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth Malkin argued the cause for appellants (Ferdinand & Klayman, attorneys; Lane M. Ferdinand, on the brief).

William T. Connell argued the cause for respondent Castle Ford (Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona, attorneys; Thomas R. Walters, on the brief).

James T. Boyle, Jr., argued the cause for respondent Universal Motor Coach (Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, attorneys; Frances Marie Bradley, on the brief).

Paul F. Clark argued the cause for respondent Miller Manufacturing Corporation, etc. (Wade Clark Mulcahy, attorneys).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is reversed, substantially for the reasons expressed in the dissenting portion of Judge Baime's opinion in the Appellate Division, reported at 276 N.J. Super. at 158, 647 A.2d 841 (1994).

GARIBALDI, J., dissenting.

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