Allen v. v. AND a BROS., INC.

This appeal involves two related questions that require us to consider the grounds for imposing individual liability based upon a violation of the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to - 20.

The first question concerns the interplay between CFA claims brought against corporate entities and individual employees or officers who are also named as defendants. More specifically, we consider whether, and under what circumstances, the owners and employees of a corporation may be individually liable for CFA violations that are directly attributable to acts undertaken by them through the…