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LETTENMAIER v. LUBE CONNECTION, INC.

741 A.2d 591 (1999)

162 N.J. 134

Kathleen L. LETTENMAIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LUBE CONNECTION, INC., a New Jersey Corporation trading as Lube Connection, Defendant-Respondent, and John Doe, a fictitious name, Defendant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Maxim, Bridgewater, for plaintiff-appellant.

William P. Robertson, for defendant-respondent (Miller, Robertson and Rodgers, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by LONG, J.

We are here called upon to determine whether counsel fees under the Consumer Fraud Act (N.J.S.A. 56:8-19) should be considered part of the "amount in controversy" in calculating the $10,000 jurisdictional limit established by Rule 6:1-1(c) for access to the Special Civil Part of the Superior Court. We have concluded that such fees are not part of the jurisdictional calculus.

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