New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2/28/1986

Brown v. Brown

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506 A.2d 29
208 N.J. Super. 372

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concluding that an affirmative defense was waived when the case was defended vigorously for more than two years before it was raised
holding in marital tort action that entire controversy defense was waived when not asserted until two and one-half years after filing of complaint
stating that \[h]ad the marital tort here occurred prior to the institution of the divorce action ... there would be no question of plaintiff's obligation to have raised it as a separate claim in her subsequently filed divorce action\
applying entire controversy doctrine to constituent claims arising during the pendency of litigation
the entire controversy doctrine ordinarily bars claims arising during the course of litigation if not therein reserved
divorce court awarded damages for personal injury at date of divorce; independent tort action barred

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Judges: Judges Pressler, Dreier and Bilder

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