MAC PROP. GROUP v. SELECTIVE FIRE

DOCKET Nos. A-0714-20 A-0962-20 A-1034-20 A-1110-20 A-1111-20 A-1148-20.

278 A.3d 272 (2022)

473 N.J. Super. 1

MAC PROPERTY GROUP LLC & THE CAKE BOUTIQUE LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SELECTIVE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent. Precious Treasures LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Markel Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondent. FAFB, LLC (d/b/a Salted Lime Bar & Kitchen), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Blackboard Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondent. Country Diner of Mullica Hill, Inc. d/b/a Harrison House, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wesco Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents, and Amtrust Financial Services, Inc., Defendants. Pearl Three Two LLC d/b/a Route 40 Diner, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wesco Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents, and Amtrust Financial Services, Inc., Defendants. Mattdogg, Inc. (d/b/a Pure Focus Sports Club), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley S. Nechemia , Cherry Hill, argued the cause for appellant Precious Treasures, LLC, (Mattleman Weinroth & Miller, PC, attorneys; Robert W. Williams , Cherry Hill, on the briefs).

Kevin J. Kotch argued for the cause for appellants FAFB, LLC and Mattdogg, Inc. (Ferrara Law Group, PC, attorneys; Ralph P. Ferrara , Trenton, and Kevin J. Kotch , of counsel and on the briefs).

Mattleman, Weinroth & Miller, PC, attorneys for appellants MAC Property Group, LLC & The Cake Boutique, LLC, Country Diner of Mullica Hill, Inc., and Pearl Three Two, LLC, ( Robert W. Williams , Cherry Hill, on the briefs).

Bennett Evan Cooper (Dickinson Wright PLLC) of the Arizona and California bars, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent Markel Insurance Company ( Bennett Evan Cooper , Timothy M. Strong (Dickinson Wright PLLC) of the Arizona bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Peter E. Doyle (Dickinson Wright PLLC), attorneys; Bennett Evan Cooper , Timothy M. Strong and Peter E. Doyle , on the brief).

Keith Moskowitz (Dentons US LLP) of the Connecticut, Illinois and New York bars, admitted pro hac vice, argued for respondent Blackboard Insurance Company (Dentons US LLP, attorneys; Shawn L. Kelly , Kelly Lloyd Lankford , Short Hills, and Keith Moskowitz , on the brief).

Stephen E. Goldman (Robinson & Cole LLP) of the Connecticut bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company (Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP, and Dentons US LLP, attorneys; John R. Vales , Stephen M. Turner , Short Hills, and Jeffrey A. Zachman (Dentons US LLP) of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).

Day Pitney LLP, attorneys for respondent Selective Fire and Casualty Insurance Company ( Elizabeth J. Sher , Parsippany, and Joseph K. Scully , on the brief).

Dilworth Paxson, LLP, attorneys for respondent Wesco Insurance Company ( Thomas E. Hastings and Richard J. Orr , Princeton, of counsel and on the briefs).

Before Judges Sumners, Vernoia, and Firko.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

These six back-to-back appeals arising from Law Division orders in two vicinages have been consolidated for the issuance of a single opinion. They require us to consider an issue of first impression—whether in the context of ...

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