[brief] Deposition Transcript of Defendant [...] .........................Pa01-42 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  Cottrell v. Holtzberg, 468 N.J. Super. 59 (App. Div. 2021) ........................................... 31 Dennehy v. East Windsor Regional Bd. of Educ., 469 N.J. Super. 357 (App. Div. 2021) ................................................................................................................................. 9-10 Fawzy v. Fawzy, 199 N.J. 456 (2009) .................................................................................. 11 First Options, Inc. of Chicago v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938 (1995) ............................................ 12 Ford v. Weisman, 188 N.J. Super. 614 (App. Div. 1983) ...................................................... 24 Guido v. Duane Morris LLP, 202 N.J. 79 (2010) ............................................................... 10, 24 Kernahan v. Home Warranty Adm’r of Florida, Inc., 236 N.J. 301 (2019)  .....................  31 Kindred Nursing Centers Ltd. P’ship v. Clark, 581 U.S. 246 (2017)  .................................  11  Moore v. Woman To Woman Obstetrics & Gynecology, L.L.C., 416 N.J. Super. 30 (2010)  .................................................................................................................................  12, 18, 31  Morgan v. Raymours Furniture Co., Inc., 443 N.J. Super. 338 (App. Div. 2016)  .................................................................................................................................  17-18  Muhammad v. County Bank of Rehoboth Beach, De., 189 N.J. 1 (2006)  .... 11, 13-14  New Jersey Div. of Youth and Family Services v. L.A., 357 N.J. Super. 155 (App. Div. 2003)  .................................................................................................................................  24  Palombi v. Palombi, 414 N.J. Super. 274 (App. Div. 2010)  ..................................................  9-10  Pitney Bowes Bank, Inc. v. ABC Caging Fulfillment, 440 N.J. Super. 378 (App. Div. 2015) ................................................................................................................................. 9 Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co., 388 U.S. 395 (1967).................. 12 Rudbart v. N. Jersey Dist. Water Supply Comm’n, 127 N.J. 344 (1990)...........13-15 Sitogum Holdings, Inc. v. Ropes, 352 N.J. Super. 555 (Ch. Div. 2002)............13-14 Stelluti v. Casapenn Enters, LLC, 203 N.J. 286 (2010)......................................14-15 N.J.S.A. 2A:23B-6a ............................................................................................. 11 Wiggins v. Hackensack Meridian Health, 478 N.J. Super. 355 (App. Div. 2024).... 9 Statutes N.J.S.A. 2A:23B-6 ................................................................................................. 11, 31 Court Rules New Jersey Court Rule 2:4-1.............................................................................. 24 New Jersey Court Rule 4:30A.............................................................................. 22 New Jersey Court Rule 4:49-2.............................................................................. 10 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Defendants/Appellants, [...] and [...] d/b/a [...] (herein “[...]”), have filed an appeal to overturn the Trial Court’s decision returning the [...]’s survivorship claim into litigation.