BUDDY v. KNAPP

DOCKET No. A-4339-18 A-4344-18 A-4492-18.

262 A.3d 1227 (2021)

469 N.J. Super. 168

Jennifer BUDDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jonathan E. KNAPP, County of Atlantic, and Borough of Folsom, Defendants, and State of New Jersey, and WaWa, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. Corrine Buddy, General Administratrix and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum for the Estate of Louis J. Buddy, Jr., deceased, Plaintiff/Appellant-Third Party-Defendant, v. Jonathan E. Knapp, County of Atlantic, and Borough of Folsom, Defendants, and State of New Jersey, and WaWa, Inc., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. Damien Conneen, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Transportation, and WaWa, Inc., Defendants-Respondents, and Adamucci Associates, LLC, Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest L. Alvino , Woodbury, argued the cause for appellant Jennifer Buddy in No. A-4339-18 (Hoffman DiMuzio, attorneys; Ernest L. Alvino and Ryan S. Hoffman , on the joint briefs).

Anthony Granato argued the cause for appellant Corrine Buddy, General Administratrix and Administratrix Prosequendum for the Estate of Louis J. Buddy, Jr., in No. A-4344-18 (Jarve Kaplan Granato Starr, LLC, attorneys; Anthony Granato , on the joint briefs).

Andrew J. Rossetti , Cherry Hill, argued the cause for appellant Damien Conneen in No. A-4492-18 (Rosetti & Devoto, PC, attorneys; Andrew J. Rossetti and Anthony J. Medori , of counsel and on the briefs).

Katherine Herr Solomon (Mauro Lilling Naparty, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent WaWa, Inc., in No. A-4339-18, No. A-4344-18, and No. A-4492-18 (Mauro Lilling Naparty, LLP, attorneys; Caryn L. Lilling , on the briefs).

Robert McGuire , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents State of New Jersey and New Jersey Department of Transportation in No. A-4339-18, No. A-4344-18, and No. A-4492-18 ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Michael R. Sarno , Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Before Judges Sabatino, Gooden Brown, and DeAlmeida.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

These appeals, which we consolidate solely for the purposes of this opinion, arise from two motor vehicle accidents that occurred about a year apart in approximately the same location under similar circumstances. In both instances, a driver...

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