[brief] ###  TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  **Cases**  Balducci v. Cige, 240 N.J. 574 (2020) .................................................................9  Branch v. Cream-O-Land Dairy, 244 N.J. 567 (2021) ........................................8 Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 142 N.J. 520 (1995) ...............................8 Brown v. Racquet Club of Bricktown, 95 N.J. 280 (1984) ..................................14 Buckelew v. Grossbard, 87 N.J. 512 (1981) ......................................................10, 14 Diaz v. N.Y. Downtown Hosp., 287 A.D.2d 358 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) .......................12 Griepenburg v. Twp. of Ocean, 220 N.J. 239 (2015) ........................................9 Griffin v. City of E. Orange, 225 N.J. 400 (2016) .............................................10 Handelman v. Cox, 74 N.J. Super. 316 (App. Div. 1962), aff’d, 39 N.J. 95 (1963) .........................................................................................................................15 Hansen v. Eagle Picher Lead Co., 8 N.J. 133 (1951) ..........................................14, 19 In re Accuane Litig., 234 N.J. 340 (2018) ............................................................9 Jiminez v. GNOC Corp., 286 N.J. Super. 533 (App. Div. 1986) ...........................11 Johnson v. Salem Corp. Co., 97 N.J. 78 (1984) ..................................................10 Manalapan Realty, L.P. v. Twp. Comm. of Manalapan, 140 N.J. 366 (1995) ....9 Mendler v. Aztec Motel Corp., No. 09-2136 (Dec. 7, 2011) (slip op.) 11, 12, 16, 18 Parmenter v. Jarvis Drug Store, Inc., 48 N.J. Super. 507 (App. Div. 1957) ........17 Pomerantz Paper Corp. v. New Cmty. Corp., 207 N.J. 344 (2011) ....................10 Ranalli v. Edro Motel Corp., 298 N.J. Super. 621 (App. Div. 1997) ....................15 Rigatti v. Reddy, 318 N.J. Super. 537 (App. Div. 1999) .....................................15 Rivera v. Columbus Cadet Corps. of Am., 59 N.J. Super. 445 (App Div. 1960) .........................................................................................................................14 Rodriguez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 237 N.J. 36 (2019) ....................................10 Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Invs. Ins. Co. of Am., 65 N.J. 474 (1974) ...............9 Rowe v. Bell & Gossett Co., 239 N.J. 531 (2019) ...............................................9 Samolyk v. Berthe, 251 N.J. 73 (2022) ...............................................................8 Shafer v. H.V. Thomas Co., 53 N.J. Super. 19 (App. Div. 1958) .......................15 Smith v. First Nat’l Stores, Inc., 94 N.J. Super. 462 (App. Div. 1967) ...............17 State v. Gamble, 218 N.J. 412 (2014) .................................................................9 State v. McNeil-Thomas, 238 N.J. 256 (2019) ....................................................9 State v. Mohammed, 226 N.J. 71 (2016) .............................................................9 Stewart v. N.J. Tpk. Auth./Garden State Parkway, 249 N.J. 642 (2022) ..........8 Taylor v. DeLosso, 319 N.J. Super. 174 (App. Div. 1999) ..................................10  Townsend v. Pierre, 221 N.J. 36 (2015) ..............................................................9  Tua v. Modern Homes, Inc., 64 N.J. Super. 211 (App. Div.), aff’d 33 N.J. 476 (1960) .....................................................................................................................17  Vander Groef v. Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., 32 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 1954) .................................................................  19