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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:57-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:57-1 - Relief in superior court where center line does not correspond with division line

2A:57-1. Relief in superior court where center line does not correspond with division line  Whenever it shall appear that the center line of any partition wall, heretofore or hereafter erected by the owners of adjoining lands upon the division line of their properties, does not correspond exactly with the division line of the land of such adjoining owners, but that more than half of such partition wall is erected upon the land of 1 of such adjoining owners, neither an action for possession of land nor an action sounding in tort shall be commenced by the owner of the premises upon whose land more than half of such partition wall is erected in reference to such partition wall as long as the same shall stand. However, the present owner of either of such adjoining lands may institute an action in the superior court for adjudication of the rights of such adjoining owners in such partition wall. The superior court shall hear such action, and shall determine what is a fair sum in gross to be paid by the owner of the premises enjoying the use of more than half of such partition wall to the owner of the land upon which more than half of such partition wall has been erected. The court shall render a judgment that, upon the payment of such sum in gross to the owner upon whose land such partition wall overlaps, or to any mortgagee or judgment creditor having a lien thereon, as provided by section 2A:57-2 of this title, such partition wall shall stand as erected, as long and in the same manner, as if the center line thereof had been erected upon the center of the division line between such adjoining premises, and the rights of such adjoining owners in such partition wall shall, in all respects, be the same as if the center of such partition wall had been erected upon the center of the division line between such lands. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:57-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:57-2 - Mortgagee or lien holder as party; determination and payment of claims

2A:57-2. Mortgagee or lien holder as party; determination and payment of claims  Any mortgagee or any judgment creditor having a lien upon the land upon which more than one-half of a partition wall is erected may be made party to a proceeding brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. If any such persons, having been made parties to the proceeding, shall fail to appear, answer and prove their claims, they shall be bound by any judgment made in the proceeding. If, however, they shall appear, answer and prove their claims and demand payment thereof from the gross sum awarded under authority of section 2A:57-1 of this title, the same shall be paid to them in the order of their priority, and the amounts so paid shall be deducted from their respective claims. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:57-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:57-3 - Payment of award into court; effect

2A:57-3. Payment of award into court; effect  If any person, to whom a gross sum is awarded as provided by section 2A:57-1 or section 2A:57-2 of this title, shall refuse to accept the same when tendered, together with such costs as may be awarded to him, and to execute and acknowledge a proper receipt therefor in such form as to make it recordable, the gross sum and the costs awarded may be paid into court to the clerk thereof. Such payment shall have the same effect as if made to and accepted by the person to whom it was awarded. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:57-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:57-4 - Effect of payment of award

2A:57-4. Effect of payment of award  The payment of any gross sum pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not result in any transfer of any title to the land upon which the partition wall is erected, nor shall the continued existence of the wall be the basis of any title to the land by adverse possession, but the division line between the lands of the adjoining owners shall remain the same as before any proceeding was instituted. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58-10 - Recording of final administrative order on judgment docket

2A:58-10. Recording of final administrative order on judgment docket  1. a. If an administrative agency of the State has assessed a fixed amount of money as a civil penalty or award after the person against whom the penalty or award was ordered was afforded an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), at the request of the agency the Clerk of the Superior Court or the Clerk of the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part shall record the final order assessing the penalty or award on the judgment docket of the court. b. The final order of the agency recorded on the judgment docket of the court thereafter shall have the same effect as a judgment of the court. L.1999,c.274,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58-11 - Action to impose penalty, proceedings

2A:58-11. Action to impose penalty, proceedings  2. a. If a statute or ordinance allows a court action to impose a civil penalty or a penalty has been imposed that may not be enforced pursuant to section 1 of this act, an action to impose a penalty shall be brought as provided by this section. b. The action may be brought in the Superior Court. If the statute that establishes the civil penalty provides that the action may be brought in a municipal court, the action may be brought in any municipal court that has territorial jurisdiction over the action or in the Superior Court. c. The court shall decide the case in a summary manner without a jury unless otherwise provided in the statute imposing the penalty. The court shall hear testimony on any factual issues, and if it finds that the violation occurred, shall impose a penalty as provided by the statute. The defendant shall not be precluded from contesting the amount of the penalty. d. Unless precluded by the statute imposing the penalty, informal disposition may be made of any case by stipulation, agreed settlement, or consent order. Payment of a penalty pursuant to an informal disposition shall be considered a prior violation for the purpose of determining subsequent offender status. e. An action in Superior Court to impose a civil penalty may be joined with an action brought to restrain related violations. f. If a judgment for a civil penalty is rendered against a defendant, payment shall be made to the court and shall be remitted to the State Treasurer of New Jersey, unless other disposition is provided for in the statute imposing the penalty. L.1999,c.274,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58-12 - "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999"

2A:58-12. "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999"  3. This chapter shall be known as the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999." References to the "penalty enforcement law" which this law replaces shall be treated as references to this law. L.1999,c.274,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-1 - Short title

2A:58A-1. Short title  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Law." L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-2 - Definitions

2A:58A-2. Definitions  As used in this chapter: a. "Reciprocating jurisdiction" means a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or possession of the United States of America, which has enacted this law or provides substantially equivalent access to its courts and administrative agencies; b. "Person" means an individual person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government in its private or public capacity, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-3 - Forum

2A:58A-3. Forum  An action or other proceeding for injury or threatened injury to property or person in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that may originate, in this jurisdiction may be brought in this jurisdiction. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-4 - Right to relief

2A:58A-4. Right to relief  A person who suffers, or is threatened with, injury to his person or property in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that may originate, in this jurisdiction has the same rights to relief with respect to the injury or threatened injury, and may enforce those rights in this jurisdiction as if the injury or threatened injury occurred in this jurisdiction. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-5 - Applicable law

2A:58A-5. Applicable law  The law to be applied in an action or other proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter, including what constitutes "pollution," is the law of this jurisdiction excluding choice of law rules. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-6 - Equality of rights

2A:58A-6. Equality of rights  This chapter does not accord a person injured or threatened with injury in another jurisdiction any rights superior to those that the person would have if injured or threatened with injury in this jurisdiction. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-7 - Right additional to other rights

2A:58A-7. Right additional to other rights  The right provided in this chapter is in addition to and not in derogation of any other rights. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58A-8 - Uniformity of application and construction

2A:58A-8. Uniformity of application and construction  This chapter shall be applied and construed to carry out its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among the jurisdictions enacting it. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58B-2 - Limitation on liability

2A:58B-2. Limitation on liability  The provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the liability of any person constructing public works, buildings or improvements or offering services in connection with the construction of public works, buildings or improvements for the State, which work includes in whole or in part the removal or cleanup of hazardous substances, the discharge of hazardous substances, or the containment of hazardous substances at or near the construction sites, for any injury to a person or property caused by or related to such construction or services, shall be limited to acts or omissions of the person during the course of performing such construction or services which can be shown, based on a preponderance of the evidence, to have been negligent. For purposes of this act, the demonstration that the acts or omissions of a person performing such construction or services were in accordance with a plan which has been reviewed and approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or the United States Environmental Protection Agency and pursuant to State or federal laws, rules or regulations, and in accordance with generally accepted practices and state-of-the-art scientific knowledge and utilization of the best technology reasonably available at the time of the removal, cleanup, containment or discharge of such hazardous substances shall create a rebuttable presumption that the acts or omissions were not negligent. This limitation on liability shall be limited to that element of the work which involves the development of a plan for the handling of hazardous substances and the handling of hazardous substances. This limitation on liability shall also apply to construction and services undertaken in the development of such a plan for approval.  L. 1987, c. 77, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58B-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58B-3 - Definitions

2A:58B-3. Definitions  1. a. As used in this act: "Public entity" means this State or any department, public authority, public agency, public commission or any instrumentality of this State authorized by law to make contracts for the making of any public work, but shall not include any county, municipality or instrumentality thereof.  "Contractor" means a person, his assignees or legal representatives, with whom a contract with a public entity is made.  b. A covenant, promise, agreement or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to a contract, agreement or purchase order, to which a public entity is a party, relative to the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, servicing or security of a building, structure, highway, roadway, railroad, appurtenance and appliance, including moving, demolition, excavating, grading, clearing, site preparation or development of real property connected therewith, purporting to limit a contractor's remedy for delayed performance caused by the public entity's negligence, bad faith, active interference, or other tortious conduct to an extension of time for performance under the contract, is against public policy and is void and unenforceable.  c. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to void any provisions in a contract, agreement or purchase order which limits a contractor's remedy for delayed performance caused by reasons contemplated by the parties nor shall the negligence of others be imputed to the State.  d. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to void any provision in a contract, agreement or purchase order which requires notice of delays, provides for arbitration or other procedures for settlement or provides for liquidated damages.  L.1994,c.80.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58C-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58C-1 - Findings; definitions

2A:58C-1. Findings; definitions  a. The Legislature finds that there is an urgent need for remedial legislation to establish clear rules with respect to certain matters relating to actions for damages for harm caused by products, including certain principles under which liability is imposed and the standards and procedures for the award of punitive damages. This act is not intended to codify all issues relating to product liability, but only to deal with matters that require clarification. The Legislature further finds that such sponsors' or committee statements that may be adopted or included in the legislative history of this act shall be consulted in the interpretation and construction of this act.  b. As used in this act:  (1) "Claimant" means any person who brings a product liability action, and if such an action is brought through or on behalf of an estate, the term includes the person's decedent, or if an action is brought through or on behalf of a minor, the term includes the person's parent or guardian.  (2) "Harm" means (a) physical damage to property, other than to the product itself; (b) personal physical illness, injury or death; (c) pain and suffering, mental anguish or emotional harm; and (d) any loss of consortium or services or other loss deriving from any type of harm described in subparagraphs (a) through (c) of this paragraph.  (3) "Product liability action" means any claim or action brought by a claimant for harm caused by a product, irrespective of the theory underlying the claim, except actions for harm caused by breach of an express warranty.  (4) "Environmental tort action" means a civil action seeking damages for harm where the cause of the harm is exposure to toxic chemicals or substances, but does not mean actions involving drugs or products intended for personal consumption or use.  L. 1987, c. 197, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58C-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58C-2 - Liability of manufacturer or seller in product liability action

2A:58C-2. Liability of manufacturer or seller in product liability action  A manufacturer or seller of a product shall be liable in a product liability action only if the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the product causing the harm was not reasonably fit, suitable or safe for its intended purpose because it: a. deviated from the design specifications, formulae, or performance standards of the manufacturer or from otherwise identical units manufactured to the same manufacturing specifications or formulae, or b. failed to contain adequate warnings or instructions, or c. was designed in a defective manner.  L. 1987, c. 197, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58C-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58C-3 - Exemptions from liability

2A:58C-3. Exemptions from liability  a. In any product liability action against a manufacturer or seller for harm allegedly caused by a product that was designed in a defective manner, the manufacturer or seller shall not be liable if:  (1) At the time the product left the control of the manufacturer, there was not a practical and technically feasible alternative design that would have prevented the harm without substantially impairing the reasonably anticipated or intended function of the product; or  (2) The characteristics of the product are known to the ordinary consumer or user, and the harm was caused by an unsafe aspect of the product that is an inherent characteristic of the product and that would be recognized by the ordinary person who uses or consumes the product with the ordinary knowledge common to the class of persons for whom the product is intended, except that this paragraph shall not apply to industrial machinery or other equipment used in the workplace and it is not intended to apply to dangers posed by products such as machinery or equipment that can feasibly be eliminated without impairing the usefulness of the product; or  (3) The harm was caused by an unavoidably unsafe aspect of the product and the product was accompanied by an adequate warning or instruction as defined in section 4 of this act.  b. The provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section shall not apply if the court, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, makes all of the following determinations:  (1) The product is egregiously unsafe or ultra-hazardous;  (2) The ordinary user or consumer of the product cannot reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the product's risks, or the product poses a risk of serious injury to persons other than the user or consumer; and  (3) The product has little or no usefulness.  c. No provision of subsection a. of this section is intended to establish any rule, or alter any existing rule, with respect to the burden of proof.  L. 1987, c. 197, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58C-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58C-4 - No liability if warning provided

2A:58C-4. No liability if warning provided  In any product liability action the manufacturer or seller shall not be liable for harm caused by a failure to warn if the product contains an adequate warning or instruction or, in the case of dangers a manufacturer or seller discovers or reasonably should discover after the product leaves its control, if the manufacturer or seller provides an adequate warning or instruction. An adequate product warning or instruction is one that a reasonably prudent person in the same or similar circumstances would have provided with respect to the danger and that communicates adequate information on the dangers and safe use of the product, taking into account the characteristics of, and the ordinary knowledge common to, the persons by whom the product is intended to be used, or in the case of prescription drugs, taking into account the characteristics of, and the ordinary knowledge common to, the prescribing physician. If the warning or instruction given in connection with a drug or device or food or food additive has been approved or prescribed by the federal Food and Drug Administration under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040, 21 U.S.C. s. 301 et seq. or the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682, 42 U.S.C. s. 201 et seq., a rebuttable presumption shall arise that the warning or instruction is adequate. For purposes of this section, the terms "drug", "device", "food", and "food additive" have the meanings defined in the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act."  L. 1987, c. 197, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58C-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58C-5 - Punitive damages under food and drug product liability, limitation

2A:58C-5. Punitive damages under food and drug product liability, limitation  5. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.142.) b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.142.) c. Punitive damages shall not be awarded if a drug or device or food or food additive which caused the claimant's harm was subject to premarket approval or licensure by the federal Food and Drug Administration under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat.1040, 21 U.S.C. s.301 et seq. or the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat.682, 42 U.S.C. s.201 et seq. and was approved or licensed; or is generally recognized as safe and effective pursuant to conditions established by the federal Food and Drug Administration and applicable regulations, including packaging and labeling regulations. However, where the product manufacturer knowingly withheld or misrepresented information required to be submitted under the agency's regulations, which information was material and relevant to the harm in question, punitive damages may be awarded. For purposes of this subsection, the terms "drug," "device," "food," and "food additive" have the meanings defined in the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act."  d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.142.) L.1987,c.197,s.5; amended 1995,c.142,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58C-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58C-6 - Nonapplicability to environmental tort action

2A:58C-6. Nonapplicability to environmental tort action  The provisions of this act shall not apply to any environmental tort action.  L. 1987, c. 197, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:58C-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:58C-7 - Burden of proof rules unaltered

2A:58C-7. Burden of proof rules unaltered  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, no provision of this act is intended to establish any rule, or alter any existing rule, with respect to the burden of proof in a product liability action.  L. 1987, c. 197, s. 7.