Decided March 27, 2002 On certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 338 N.J. Super. 436 (2001). CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES COLEMAN and VERNIERO join in JUSTICE LaVECCHIA's opinion. JUSTICE LONG filed a separate dissenting opinion in which JUSTICES STEIN AND ZAZZALI join.