ROLAND v. MODELL'S SHOPPERS WORLD OF BERGEN CTY.


92 N.J. Super. 1 (1966)

222 A.2d 110

ADRIENNE ROLAND, ETC., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, AND BERNARD SHAPIRO, AS CONNECTICUT STATE WELFARE COMMISSIONER, ADDED PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. MODELL'S SHOPPERS WORLD OF BERGEN COUNTY, INC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. N.J. WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. (AND THREE OTHERS), THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS AND FOURTH-PARTY PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. KAYSERROTH AND JEFF RICHARDS, INC., FOURTH-PARTY DEFENDANTS, AND PINKY TOWN, INC. AND NIMFEES, INC., ALL CORPORATIONS, FOURTH-PARTY DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph T. Ryan argued the cause for N.J. Warehouse Distributors, Inc. (Messrs. Lamb, Blake, Hutchinson & Dunne, attorneys).

Mr. Roger W. Breslin, Sr. argued the cause for Pinky Town, Inc. (Messrs. Breslin and Breslin, attorneys).

Mr. William B. McGuire argued the cause for Nimfees, Inc. (Messrs. Lum, Biunno & Tompkins, attorneys; Isabelle L. Kirshner, on the brief).

Before Judges GAULKIN, FOLEY and COLLESTER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GAULKIN, S.J.A.D.

This case presents the question whether a foreign corporation may be subjected to the jurisdiction of our courts under R.R. 4:4-4(d) when its only contact with New Jersey has been the shipment of goods into New Jersey which were purchased in New Jersey by a New Jersey resident but caused injury in Connecticut to a Connecticut resident.

The litigation began with the complaint of Adrienne Roland...

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