Kimball Intern. v. Northfield Metal

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[o]ur courts have broadly construed” N.J.S.A. 2A:25-1 to enforce assignments of choses in action
• permitting assignment of 13 indemnification claim to the plaintiff in products liability case
• permitting assignment of indemnification claim to the plaintiff in products liability case
• judicial estoppel generally precludes a party from advocating \a position contrary to a position it successfully asserted in the same or a prior proceeding\
• “The essential purpose of this prohibition is to prevent unscrupulous strangers to an occurrence from preying on the deprived circumstances of an injured person.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• \[T]o be estopped [a party must] have convinced the court to accept its position in the earlier litigation. A party is not bound to a position it unsuccessfully maintained.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).