COLARTE v. FEDERAL NAT'L. MORTG. ASSN.


298 N.J. Super. 525 (1996)

FELIX COLARTE AND MERCEDES COLARTE, PLAINTIFFS, v. FEDERAL NAT'L. MORTGAGE ASSN., SURYAKANTE SHAH AND BHARATIBEN SHAH, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division (Civil) Hudson County.

Decided February 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen B. Lucey, for defendants (Scanlon & Heim).

Leonard J. Altamura, for plaintiffs (Office of Leonard J. Altamura).


OPINION

COSTELLO, J.S.C.

This is a motion for summary judgment by defendant Federal National Mortgage Association (hereinafter "Fannie Mae"), a commercial mortgage company. The issue is whether a commercial mortgage company that owns a vacant house for the purpose of reselling it is a "commercial" landowner for purposes of extending liability for a negligently maintained abutting sidewalk under the authority...

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