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THE PALISADES v. 100 OLD PALISADE

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169 A.3d 473 (2017)

230 N.J. 427

THE PALISADES AT FORT LEE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. 100 OLD PALISADE, LLC, Crescent Heights of America, Inc., Crescent Heights Acquisitions, LLC, 100 Old Palisade Holdings, LLC, 100 Old Palisade Holdings II, LLC, 100 Old Palisade Holdings III, LLC, Erez Bashari, Peiru Wen, Lenny Warshaw, Nissim Lanciano, Sharon Christenbury, Joseph Zdon, Pablo De Almagro, Ephraim Bashari, Sonny Kahn, individually and as Trustee of the Sk Business Trust, Sk Business Trust, Russell W. Galbut, individually and as Trustee of the Rf Business Trust, Rf Business Trust, Bruce A. Menin, individually and as Trustee of the Menin 1998 Family Trust, Menin 1998 Family Trust, F & G Mechanical Corp., Mannix Exterior Wall Systems, Inc., South Shore Contracting, Inc., Patwood Contracting Co., Inc., d/b/a Patwood Roofing, MTA Corp., Maary Waterproofing, B & B Iron Works, Inc., Ray Engineering, Inc., Steven W. Ray, P.E., Metro Glass, Inc., and Romitch Co., Defendants-Appellants, and AJD Construction Co., Inc., Luxury Floors, Inc., Benfatto Masonry, Inc., and Forsa Construction, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. 100 Old Palisade, LLC, Crescent Heights of America, Inc., Crescent Heights Acquisitions, LLC, 100 Old Palisade Holdings, LLC, 100 Old Palisade Holdings II, LLC, 100 Old Palisade Holdings III, LLC, Erez Bashari, Peiru Wen, Lenny Warshaw, Nissim Lanciano, Sharon Christenbury, Joseph Zdon, Pablo De Almagro, Ephraim Bashari, Sonny Kahn, individually and as Trustee of the Sk Business Trust, Sk Business Trust, Russell W. Galbut, individually and as Trustee of the Rf Business Trust, Rf Business Trust, Bruce A. Menin, individually and as Trustee of the Menin 1998 Family Trust, Menin 1998 Family Trust, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Applied Property Management Co., Inc., a/k/a Applied Development Company, Ironstate Development Company, a/k/a Ironstate Development, LLC, Ironstate Holdings, LLC, Costas Kondylis & Associates, P.C., Costas Kondylis & Partners, LLP, Constantine A. Kondylis, a/k/a Costas Kondylis, Goldstein Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C., Defendants/Third-Party Defendants. AJD Construction Co., Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Patwood Contracting Co., Inc., d/b/a Patwood Roofing, MTA Corp., Maarv Waterproofing, Inc., Benfatto Construction Corp., B & B Iron Works, Inc., Third-Party Defendants. Southshore Contracting, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. ARQ Painting & Contracting, Inc., Third-Party Defendant. Applied Property Management Co., Inc., The Palisades A/V Company, LLC, Applied Palisades, LLC, Applied Development Company, Inc., improperly pleaded as d/b/a Applied Development Company, Ironstate Development, LLC, Ironstate Holdings, LLC, Fourth-Party Plaintiffs, v. Wentworth Property Management Corporation, Worthmore Construction & Maintenance Co., Inc., Fourth-Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Schlesinger argued the cause for appellant Forsa Construction (Golden, Rothschild, Spagnola, Lundell, Boylan & Garubo, attorneys; Eric S. Schlesinger and Russ M. Patane , of counsel and on the briefs, and Francesca E. Cheli , on the briefs).

Stephen C. Cahir argued the cause for appellant Luxury Floors, Inc. (Law Office of William E. Staehle, attorneys; Stephen C. Cahir , on the brief).

Mark D. Shifton argued the cause for appellant Benfatto Construction Corp. (Seiger Gfeller Laurie, attorneys; Mark D. Shifton of counsel and on the briefs, and Chester D. Ostrowski , on the brief).

John H. Osorio argued the cause for appellant AJD Construction Co., Inc. (Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, attorneys; John H. Osorio , Walter F. Kawalec, III , and Pauline E. Tutelo on the briefs).

Raymond A. Garcia of the Connecticut bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent (Lum, Drasco & Positan and Garcia & Milas, attorneys; Paul A. Sandars, III , of counsel and on the brief, and Raymond A. Garcia , and Nicole Liguori Micklich , of the Connecticut and Rhode Island bars, on the brief).

Gene Markin argued the cause for amicus curiae Community Association Institute (Stark & Stark, attorneys; Gene Markin and John Randy Sawyer , on the brief).

Michael S. Zicherman submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey (Peckar & Abramson, attorneys; Charles F. Kenny , of counsel, and Michael S. Zicherman , of counsel and on the brief).

CHIEF JUSTICE RABNER and JUSTICES LaVECCHIA, PATTERSON, FERNANDEZ-VINA, SOLOMON, and TIMPONE join in JUSTICE ALBIN's opinion.

Plaintiff, The Palisades at Fort Lee Condominium Association, Inc., filed lawsuits alleging that defendants, the general contractor and three subcontractors, defectively constructed a building complex that is now under the Condominium Association's control. The issue before us is whether plaintiff...

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