DAVIS v. BRICKMAN LANDSCAPING

A-22/23/24 September Term 2012, 071310

98 A.3d 1173 (2014)

219 N.J. 395

Wayne DAVIS and Irene Laverne Davis, individually and on behalf of the Estates of Courtney Davis and Myles Davis, deceased, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. BRICKMAN LANDSCAPING, LTD., d/b/a Brickman Landscaping, Generated Materials, LLC, Northern Fire and Safety, Township of Franklin, County of Somerset, John Goodman, Denise Goodman, Janet Demary, Ann Kingston, Connie Gordon, Kay Styles-Timmons, Wendy LaFortune, and Tyshee Styles, Defendants, and Atlantic Fire Service, Cintas Corporation and Master Protection LP, d/b/a FireMaster LP, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Devins argued the cause for appellant Cintas Corporation (McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, attorneys; Mr. Devins, Walter R. Krzastek , and Joseph G. Fuoco , Morristown, on the briefs).

Michael L. Trucillo argued the cause for appellant Atlantic Fire Service (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, attorneys; Martin J. Sullivan , of counsel; Mr. Trucillo and Mr. Sullivan, Newark, on the briefs).

Charles C. Eblen argued the cause for appellant Master Protection LP d/b/a Fire-Master LP (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, attorneys; Mr. Eblen and Karen A. Read , a member of the Missouri bar, on the briefs).

G. Martin Meyers argued the cause for respondents (Law Offices of G. Martin Meyers, Denville, attorney; Mr. Meyers and Susan S. Singer , of counsel and on the briefs).


Justice FERNANDEZ-VINA delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents two questions related to the standard of care that private fire sprinkler maintenance inspectors are required to exercise. First, we are asked to consider whether plaintiffs must offer expert testimony to establish the standard of care applicable to fire sprinkler inspectors who performed their inspections pursuant to relevant provisions of the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (UFC), N...

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