[brief] ##  TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  ### Cases  **Arroyo v. Durling Realty, LLC,** 433 N.J. Super. 238 (App. Div. 2013).................................................................19  **Bhagat v. Bhagat,** 217 N.J. 22 (2014)...............................................................................................11  **Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.,** 142 N.J. 520 (1995)..............................................................................................9  **Carbajal v. Patel,** 468 N.J. Super. 139 (App. Div. 2021).................................................................9, 18  **Carroll v. New Jersey Transit,** 366 N.J. Super. 380 (App. Div. 2004).................................................................13, 15, 17  **Friedman v. Martinez,** 242 N.J. 449 (2020)............................................................................................11, 22  **Globe Motor Co. v. Igdalev,** 225 N.J. 469 (2016).............................................................................................10  **Grzanka v. Pfeifer,** 301 N.J. Super. 563, 694 A.2d 295 (App. Div. 1997), certif. denied, 154 N.J. 607, 713 A.2d 487 (1998)..............................................13, 15  **Hoffman v. Asseenontv.Com, Inc.,** 404 N.J. Super. 415 (App. Div. 2009).................................................................11  **Jeter v. Sam's Club,** 250 N.J. 240 (2022)............................................................................................19  **Knapp v. Phillips Petroleum Co.,** 123 N.J. Super. 26 (App. Div. 1973)..................................................................15  **Maslo v. City of Jersey City,** 346 N.J. Super. 346 (App. Div. 2002).................................................................10, 17  **Ogborne v. Mercer Cemetery Corp.,** 197 N.J. 448 (2009)............................................................................................21  Perez v. Professionally Green, LLC, 215 N.J. 388 (2013) ..................................................................................................................  22  Pitts v. Newark Bd. of Educ., 337 N.J. Super. 331 (App. Div. 2001) ....................................................................................... 9, 18 Polzo v. County of Essex, 196 N.J. 569 (2008)  ................................................................................................................... passim Prioleau v. Kentucky Fried Chicken, Inc., 434 N.J. Super. 558 (App. Div. 2014), aff'd as modified and remanded, 223 N.J. 245 (2015)  .........................................................  15, 19 Sims v. City of Newark, 244 N.J. Super. 32 (Law Div. 1990)  ..........................................................................................  14  Stewart v. New Jersey Tpk. Auth./Garden State Parkway, 249 N.J. 642 (2022)  ....................................................................................................................  21 Tice v. Cramer, 133 N.J. 347 (1993)  ....................................................................................................................  21 Troupe v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 443 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2016) ......................................................................................  15, 16 Woytas v. Greenwood Tree Experts, Inc., 237 N.J. 501(2019) .....................................................................................................................  9 Statutes N.J.S.A. 59:1-2 ..............................................................................................................................  21 N.J.S.A.  59:2-1 ..............................................................................................................................  21 N.J.S.A. 59:4-2 ..............................................................................................................................  10, 11, 12, 21 N.J.S.A. 59:4-3(b) ......................................................................................................................... 11, 12, 13, 19 N.J.S.A. 59:9-2 ..............................................................................................................................  23 Rules Rule 4:37-2(b) ...............................................................................................................................  18 Rule 4:46-2 .................................................................................................................................  9