[brief] 20  ### TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  **Cases** - **Anderson v. Liberty Lobby**, 477 U.S. 242 (1986) .................................................. 8 - **Ballagh Realty Co. v. Dumont**, 111 N.J.L. 32 (1933).  ..............................................  17 - **Branch v. Cream-O-Land Dairy**, 244 N.J. 567 (2021)............................................. 7 - **Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.**, 142 N.J. 520 (1995)................................. 7, 8 - **Dwyer v. Skyline Apartments, Inc.**, 123 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div.), aff’d 63 N.J. 577 (1973).........................................................................................  14 - **Essex v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Company**, 166 N.J. Super. 124 (App. Div. 1979) ..................................................................  14 - **Estate of Desir v. Vertus**, 214 N.J. 303 (2013)....................................................  14 - **Fernandi v. Strully**, 35 N.J. 434 (1961) ..................................................................  9 - **Glass v. Suburban Restoration Co.**, 317 N.J. Super. 574 (App. Div. 1998).......................................................................................................................  8 - **Housel v. Theodoridis**, 314 N.J. Super. 597 (App. Div. 1998)...............................  8 - **Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.**, 17 N.J. 67, 77 (1954).................................  7 - **Kravath v. Geller**, 34 N.J. Super. 442 (App. Div. 1979), aff’d 31 N.J. 270 (1980).........................................................................................  13 - **Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp.**, 475 U.S. 574 (1986).......................................................................................................................  8 - **Murphy v. Implicito**, 392 N.J. Super. 245 (App. Div. 2007).................................  17 - **Nostrame v. Santiago**, 420 N.J. Super. 427 (App. Div. 2011)...............................  8 - **P.T.  & L Constr. Co. v. Madigan & Hyland, Inc.**, 245 N.J. Super. 201 (App. Div. 1991)..................................................................  10 - **Printing Mart Morristown v. Sharp Electronics Corp.**, 116 N.J. 739 (1989).......................................................................................................................  8 - **Rosenau v. City of New Brunswick**, 51 N.J. 130 (1968)......................................  9  Saint Barnabas Med. Ctr. v. Cty. of Essex, 111 N.J. 67 (1988)  ..................................17  Samolyk v. Berthe, 251 N.J. 73 (2022) ..............................................................................7  State v. Cotto, 471 N.J. Super. 489 (App. Div. 2022) .....................................................16  Stewart v. N.J. Tpk. Auth./Garden State Parkway, 249 N.J. 642 (2022) .................................................................................................................................7  Tong v. Tandy, 36 N.J. 44 (1961).  .......................................................................................13 Townsend v. Pierre, 221 N.J. 36 (2015) ..............................................................................13  United State Pipe & Foundry Co. v. American Arbitration Assn., 67 N.J. Super. 384 (App. Div. 1961).  ..............................................................................8  Vander Graef v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 32 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 1954)  ..............................................................................13  Statutes N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1....................................................................................................................9  N.J.S.A. 59:8-10 ...................................................................................................................11  N.J.S.A. 59:8-3 .....................................................................................................................11  N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 .....................................................................................................................11  Other Authorities  The Compact Oxford English Dictionary 1947 (2d ed. 1993)  ...........................................7  PRELIMINARY STATEMENT