[brief] TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  ####  Cases - **Angrisani v. Financial Tech. Ventures, L.P.,** 40 N.J. Super. 138 (App. Div. 2008)  ...........................................  24 - **Atalese v. U.S. Legal Servs. Grp., L.P.,** 219 N.J. 430 (2014)  .................................................................. 17, 19, 20-22 - **Barr v. Bishop Rosen & Co., Inc.,** 442 N.J. Super. 599 (App. Div. 2015)  ...........................................  17 - **Caldwell v. KFC Corp.,** 958 F. Supp. 962 (D.N.J. 1997) ....................................................  27 - **Cole v. Jersey City Medical Center,** 215 N.J. 265 (2013)  .................................................................. 3, 33, 34, 38 - **Curtis v. Cellco Partnership,** 413 N.J. Super. 26 (App.  Div 2010) .............................................  23, 26 - **Epix Holdings Corp. v. Marsh & McLennan Cos.,** 410 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2009) ...........................................  26 - **Farese v. McGarry,** 237 N.J. Super. 385 (App. Div. 1989) ...........................................  39 - **Garfinkel v. Morristown Obstetrics & Gynecology Assocs., P.A.,** 168 N.J. 124 (2001)  ..................................................................  18, 26 - **Goffe v. Foulke Management Corporation,** 238 N.J. 191 (2019)  ..................................................................  17 - **Griffin v. Burlington Volkswagen, Inc.,** 411 N.J. Super. 515 (App. Div. 2010) ...........................................  24, 26 - **Hirsch v. Amper Fin. Servs., LLC,** 215 N.J. 174 (2013) .................................................................. 17, 18  Kernahan v. Home Warranty Adm'r of Fla., Inc., 236 N.J. 301 (2019).................................................................19  Kieffer v. Best Buy, 205 N.J. 213 (2011)..................................................................17 Knight v. Vivant Solar Developer, LLC, 465 N.J. Super. 416 (App. Div. 2020)........................................18 Knorr v. Smeal, 178 N.J. 169 (2003)....................................................................33 Marchak v. Claridge Commons, Inc., 134 N.J. 275 (1993)....................................................................26 Marmo and Sons General Contracting, LLC v. Biagi Farms, LLC, 478 N.J. Super. 593 (App. Div. 2024)........................................34, 38, 39 Martindale v. Sandvik, Inc., 173 N.J. 76 (2002).....................................................................18 Meade v. Cardinale & Jackson Crossing Assoc., LLC, Docket No. A-3358, 2013 WL 362761, at 3-6 (App. Div. Jan. 31, 2013)..............................................................25 Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614 (1985)...................................................................18 Perez v. Sky Zone, LLC, 472 N.J. Super. 240 (App. Div. 2022)..........................................17 Santana v. Smile Direct Club, LLC, 475 N.J. Super. 279 (App. Div. 2023).........................................18  Skuse v. Pfizer, Inc., 244 N.J. 30 (2020)....................................................................19, 33  Spaeth v. Srinivasan, 403 N.J. Super. 508 (App. Div. 2008).........................................33  PRELIMINARY STATEMENT