Universal Underwriters Insurance Group v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

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• finding that the plaintiff's negligence claim did not fall under the NJPLA, where “the claim asserted by the Plaintiff [was] not related to a defect in the product (i.e. the electricity), but rather to the maintenance and oversight of PSE & G's emergency response service.”
• “New Jersey courts interpreting the [NJPLA] have consistently held that, as a general rule, common law actions for negligence and breach of implied warranty are subsumed by the NJPLA when the claims asserted fall within the act’s purview.”

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