Opinion
A-61 September Term 2001
Argued: September 10, 2002
Decided: October 10, 2002
On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 342 N.J. Super. 120 (2001).
Kenneth M. Goldman argued the cause for appellants (Douglas E. Gershuny, Executive Director, Cape-Atlantic Legal Services, Inc., attorney).
William A. Thompson, III, argued the cause for respondent (Callaghan Thompson Thompson, attorneys).
Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, Legal Services of New Jersey (Mr. Miller, attorney; Mr. Miller and Joseph Harris Davis, on the brief).
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Eichen's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 342 N.J. Super. 120 (2001).
CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO, LaVECCHIA, ZAZZALI and JUDGE PRESSLER (temporarily assigned) join in this opinion.