PORT IMPERIAL v. HOVNANIAN PORT

No. A-1013-10T1.

17 A.3d 283 (2011)

419 N.J. Super. 459

PORT IMPERIAL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K. HOVNANIAN PORT IMPERIAL URBAN RENEWAL, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and U.S. Wick Drain, Inc., New Jersey Drilling Co., and Drainage and Ground Improvement, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, and Barton & Associates, Inc., Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, Inc., Addablock Limited, Inc., All-Tech Carpentry Contractors, Breese Corporation, Charles Kane, Inc., Quality North, Blue Ribbon Roofing and Siding, Densification, Inc., and Weintraub Organization, Ltd., Defendants. K. Hovnanian Port Imperial Urban Renewal, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Addablock Limited, Inc., All—Tech Carpentry Contractors, Breese Corporation, Charles Kane, Inc., Component Technology, and Quality North, Third-Party Defendants. All-Tech Carpentry Contractors, LLC, Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. ABC Carpentry, JMP Carpentry a/k/a JMP Construction, LLC, Preferred National Insurance Company, Pedro M. Souza, Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., Luis M. Guallpa d/b/a Guallpa's Carpentry, Colony National Insurance Co., Lloyds of London a/k/a Underwriters of Lloyds, Terra Nova Insurance Co., Burlington Insurance Company, N & C Carpentry, Sul-Minas Construction, Inc., Thunder Company, Preserver National Insurance Co., Marco A. Guallpa, Selective Insurance, Maringa Construction Co., Calvert Insurance Co., Portech Contractor Corp., Alea London, Ltd., Skyline Framing, Inc., Travelers Insurance Co., Fairbanks Service Co., Quincy Mutual, Globtech, and Anglo American Ltd., Fourth-Party Defendants. Selective Insurance Company of America, Fifth-Party Plaintiff, v. Markel Insurance Company, Fifth-Party-Defendant. Port Imperial Property Owners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, and K. Hovnanian Port Imperial Urban Renewal, Inc., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, Inc., Port Imperial Condominium Association, Inc., Densification, Inc., Addablock Limited, Inc., Breese Corporation, and Albert Marine Construction, Inc., Third-Party Defendants, and New Jersey Drilling, U.S. Wick Drain, Inc., and Drainage & Ground Improvement, Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Golden, Rothschild, Spagnola, Lundell, Boylan & Garubo, P.C., attorneys for appellant K. Hovnanian Port Imperial Urban Renewal, Inc. ( Christopher H. Westrick , Bridgewater, of counsel; Kurt J. Trinter and Mr. Westrick , on the briefs).

Berman Sauter Record & Jardim, P.C., attorneys for appellant Port Imperial Condominium Association, Inc. ( Matthew E. Meyers and Steven R. Rowland , Cedar Knolls , on the briefs).

Law Offices of William E. Staehle, attorneys for respondent U.S. Wick Drain, Inc. ( Stephen C. Cahir , on the brief).

Gartner & Bloom, P.C., attorneys for respondent New Jersey Drilling ( Marc Shortino , on the brief).

Leary, Bride, Tinker & Moran, P.C., attorneys for respondent Drainage & Ground Improvement ( Mark Bongiovanni , Cedar Knolls , of counsel; Christina E. Sirico , on the brief).

Before Judges PARRILLO, SKILLMAN and ROE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARRILLO, P.J.A.D.

We granted leave to appeal to determine whether N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1's statute of repose operates to preclude construction defect claims against various subcontractors who completed work on the construction project more than ten years before the filing of complaints against them. For the following reasons, we affirm the Law Division's grant of summary judgment in their favor.

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