[brief] .................................................................  16, 18 Allison-Williams Co. v. Viasource Funding Grp., LLC, No. A-1720-08T1 2010 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1260 ...........................................  44, 45, 46  Bak-A-Lum Corp. v. Alcoa Building Prods. 69 N.J. 123 (1976) ........................................................................ 28 Bourne Co. v. MPL Commc'ns, Inc. 751 F. Supp. 55 .............................................................................. 47 Boyle v. Huff 257 N.J. 468 (2024) ............................................................... 3, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48 Brown v. Allied Plumbing & Heating Co. 129 N.J.L. 442 .................................................................................. 50 Brunswick Hills Racquet Club, Inc. v. Route 18 Shopping Ctr. Assocs. 182 N.J. 210 (2005) ..................................................................... 28 Canopy Corp. v. Symantec Corp. 395 F. Supp.2d 1103 .................................................................... 47 Caruso v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. 136 N.J.L. 597 .................................................................................. 37 Coco v. Hamilton 2010 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1047; 2010 WL 2011003 (App Div. 2010) 26 Cummings v. Bahr 295 N.J. Super. 374 ........................................................................ 50 Estate of Pearson v. Interstate Power & Light Co. 700 N.W.2d 333 ............................................................................. 47 Hooper Assocs., Ltd. v. AGS Computers, Inc. 548 N.E.2d 903 ............................................................................. 45 JMD Holding Corp. v. Congress Fin. Corp. 828 N.E.2d 604 ............................................................................. 45, 47 Judson v. Peoples Bank Tr. & Co. 25 N.J. 17; 134 A.2d 761 (1957) ..................................................... 23 Kaufman v. i-Stat Corp. 165 N.J. 94 (2000) ........................................................................ 30 Krosnowski v. Krosnowski 22 N.J. 376; 126 A.2d 182 (1956) ................................................................. 22 Lieberman v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J. 132 N.J. 76 (1993) ......................................................................................... 4 McClellan v. Feit, 376 N.J. Super. 305 (App. Div. 2005) ...................................................................................... 30 McCormac v. Qwest Comm. Int'l Inc. 387 N.J. Super. 469 904 A.2d 775 (App. Div. 2006) ..................................................................... 23 Murphy v. Morris 12 N.J. Super 544 (Super. Ct. 1951) ............................................................... 16 N. Bergen Rex Transp., Inc. v. Trailer Leasing Co. 158 N.J. 561 .................................................................................................... 46 Oscar Gruss & Son, Inc. v. Hollander 337 F.3d 186 ................................................................................................... 45, 47 Palisades Props., Inc. v. Brunetti 44 N.J. 117 (1965) .......................................................................................... 27 Republic Bus. Credit Corp. v. Camhe-Marcille 381 N.J. Super. 563 (App Div. 2005) ............................................................... 14 Richie & Pat Bonvie Stables, Inc. v. Irving 350 N.J. Super. 579 (App. Div. 2002) ............................................................. 32 Rodriguez v. Raymours Furn. Co., Inc. 225 N.J. 343 (2016) ......................................................................................... 8 Russell v. Princeton Labs., Inc. 50 N.J. 30 (1967) ............................................................................................ 10, 11 Saxon Const. & Mgmt. Corp. v. Masterclean of N. Carolina, Inc. 273 N.J. Super. 231 (App. Div. 1994) ............................................................. 11, 15 Shah v. Shroff 2023 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 527, (April 2023) ........................................... 23 State v. Shangzhen Huang 461 N.J. Super. 119 (App. Div. 2018), 240 N.J. 56 (2019) ............................. 49 Tarr v. Ciasulli 181 N.J. 70; 853 A.2d 921 (2004) .................................................................. 23 Walker Rogge, Inc. v. Chelsea Title & Guaranty Co. 116 N.J. 517 (1989) ....................................................................................... 26 Wilson v. Amerada Hess Corp. 168 N.J. 236 (2001) ....................................................................................... 27, 28 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Plaintiff-Appellant [...] submits this combined brief: (1) in reply and further support of its appeal from a final judgment entered on November 29, 2023, in Superior Court, Hudson County (Hon. [...], J.S.C.), which brings up for review a series of non-final interlocutory orders by which the trial court vacated its own prior ruling on one motion and then granted the two defendants’ pre-answer motions to dismiss the Complaint, with prejudice, and awarded attorneys’ fees to Defendant [...] (“[...]”); and (2) in opposition to the cross-appeal by Defendant [...] (“[...]”), from an order denying [...]’s motion for an award of attorneys’ fees.