[brief] Page  PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .........................................................  1 PROCEDURAL HISTORY ..............................................................  3 COUNTERSTATEMENT OF FACTS ..................................................  4 POINT I .................................................................................  10  PLAINTIFF IS PRECLUDED FROM CHALLENGING THE TRIAL COURT’S ORDER GRANTING  [...] SUMMARY JUDGMENT ...........................................  10 POINT II ...............................................................................  12 RECONSIDERATION WAS PROPERLY DENIED BY THE TRIAL COURT ........  12 POINT III ...............................................................................  17  EVEN IF CONSIDERED, THE TRIAL COURT PROPERLY GRANTED  [...]’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT .............................................  17  A.  The Standard of Review .......................................................  17  B.  [...] Was Entitled To Summary Judgment As A Matter Of Law Because Plaintiff Could Not Establish That [...] Proximately Caused His Injuries ............................................  20  1.  Plaintiff’s Proffered Evidence Was Insufficient To Defeat Summary Judgment .................................................. 23  2.  Plaintiff’s Expert Report Was Based On Speculative Facts And Cannot Establish Proximate Cause ...............  29 CONCLUSION ...........................................................................  30  ### TABLE OF AUTHORITIES | Cases | Page(s) | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------| | **1266 Apartment Corp. v. New Horizon Deli, Inc.,** | 10 | | 368 N.J. Super. 456 (App. Div. 2004) | | | **Bergquist v. Penterman,** | 26, 27 | | 46 N.J. Super. 74 (App. Div. 1957) | | | **Beyer v. White,** | 27 | | 22 N.J. Super. 137 (App. Div. 1952) | | | **Bhagat v. Bhagat,** | 17, 18 | | 217 N.J. 22 (2014) | | | **Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.,** | 18, 19 | | 142 N.J. 520 (1995) | | | **Buckelew v. Grossbard,** | 20 | | 87 N.J. 512 (1981) | | | **Callahan v. National Lead Co., Titanium Division,** | 21 | | 4 N.J. 150 (1950) | | | **Campagna ex rel. Greco v. Am. Cyanamid Co.,** | 12 | | 337 N.J. Super. 530 (App. Div. 2001) | | | **Capital Fin. Co. of Del. Valley, Inc. v. Asterbadi,** | 13 | | 398 N.J. Super. 299 (App. Div. 2008) | | | **Cummings v. Bahr,** | 12, 13 | | 295 N.J. Super. 374 (App. Div. 1996) | | | **D'Atria v. D'Atria,** | 13, 14 | | 242 N.J. Super. 392 (Ch. Div. 1990) | | | **Davidson v. Slater,** | 23, 27 | | 189 N.J. 166 (2007) | | | **DepoLink Ct. Rep. & Litig. Support Servs. V. Rochman,** | 18 | | 430 N.J. Super. 325 (App. Div. 2013) | | | **Dziedzic v. St. John’s Cleaners and Shirt Launderers, Inc.,** | 20, 21 | | 53 N.J. 157 (1969) | | Flagg v. Essex Cty. Prosecutor, 171 N.J. 561 (2002) ...........................................12 Fusco v. Board of Educ. of City of Newark, 349 N.J. Super. 455 (App. Div. 2002) ..........................11 Germann v. Matriss, 55 N.J. 193 (1970) ..................................................21 Grzanka v. Pfeifer, 301 N.J. Super. 563 (App. Div.), certif. denied, 154 N.J. 607 (1998) ......................................................29 Hansen v. Eagle-Picher Lead Co., 8 N.J. 133 (1951) ....................................................20, 21 Harte v. Hand, 433 N.J. Super. 457 (App. Div. 2013) .............................29 Hoffman v. Asseenontv.com, Inc., 404 N.J. Super. 415 (App. Div. 2009) ............................28 Jimenez v. GNOC, Corp., 286 N.J. Super. 533 (App. Div. 1996) ............................29 Mandel v. UBS/PaineWebber Inc., 373 N.J. Super. 55 (App. Div. 2004) .............................19 Massachi v. AHL Servs. Inc., 396 N.J. Super. 486 (App. Div. 2007) ............................18 Matter of Belleville Educ. Ass'n., 455 N.J. Super. 387, 405 (App. Div. 2018) .......................13 Merchs. Exp. Money Order Co. v. Sun Nat'l Bank, 374 N.J. Super. 556 (App. Div. 2005) ............................19 Mockler v. Russman, 102 N.J. Super. 582 (App. Div. 1968) ............................22 Nelson v. Fruehauf Trailer Co., 11 N.J. 413 (1953) ....................................................22 Ocasio v. Amtrak, 299 N.J. Super. 139 (App. Div. 1997) ............................26 Palombi v. Palombi, 414 N.J. Super. 274 (App. Div. 2010) ............................13 Puder v. Buechal, 183 N.J. 428 (2005) ...........................................19 Reynolds v. Gonzalez, 172 N.J. 266 (2002) .............................................24, 25 Riley v. Keenan, 406 N.J. Super. 281 (App. Div. 2009) ..........................29 Rivera v. Columbus Cadet Corps. of America, 59 N.J. Super. 445 (App. Div. 1960), certif. denied, 32 N.J. 349 (1960) ..............................................21 Silviera-Francisco v. Bd. of Educ. of Elizabeth, 224 N.J. 126 (2016) .............................................11 State v. Brown, 170 N.J. 138 (2001) ..............................................12 Townsend v. Pierre, 221 N.J. 36 (2015) ..............................................20, 23, 24, 25 Triffin v. Somerset Valley Bank, 343 N.J. Super. 73 (App. Div. 2001) ..........................19 Vizzoni v. B.M.D., 459 N.J. Super. 554 (App. Div. 2019) ..........................27 Other Authorities N.J. Court Rules, cmt.5.1.......................................10 New Jersey Rule of Evidence 703................................29 Pressler & Verniero, Current N.J. Court Rules, cmt.5.1.........10 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Defendant [...] ("[...]") submits this opposition to Plaintiff [...]’s appeal of the trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of [...] dismissing Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint and the denial of Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration.