Koschak v. Gates Construction Corp.

This litigation was instituted in December 1990 by plaintiffs Walter and Carol Koschak. Plaintiffs seek recovery for personal injuries allegedly sustained by Walter Koschak on March 8, 1989 while working on a barge in Liberty State Park, New Jersey. At the time of the accident, plaintiffs resided on Staten Island, and defendant maintained its principal place of business in Little Ferry, New Jersey.

In an affidavit dated August 2, 1993, Walter Koschak stated that, on December 3, 1990, some eighteen months after the subject occurrence and just seven days before the complaint was verified,…