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· 8/6/1985

New Mea Const. Corp. v. Harper

Citations

  • 497 A.2d 534
  • 203 N.J. Super. 486

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding the Act specifically \applicable to a custom builder who uses substandard material in the construction of a house\ and stating generally that the Act was not intended to provide \an exemption for a custom builder\
  • noting that the defendant homeowners in a contract action initiated by the builder of their home filed counterclaims against the builder alleging both breach of contract and negligence
  • finding that defendant's failure to use construction material specified in the parties' contract was a type of conduct \not ordinarily alleged in a tort case\ and could not give rise to a separate claim by \[m]erely nominally casting [the] cause of action\ as a tort claim
  • claim against principal of construction company for negligent supervision of construction sounds basically in contract, not in tort
  • claim against the principal of a construction company for negligent supervision in the construction context A-2554-23 18 sounds in contract, not in tort, despite the characterization of the claim as being one for negligent supervision
  • NJCFA applicable to residential builder who used substandard material

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Judges: Judges King, Deighan and Bilder

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