Levine v. Wiss & Co.

The majority has encouraged three lawsuits where one would have sufficed.1 Such a result runs counter to every statement this Court makes on the need to find methods to resolve disputes other than through litigation. See, e.g., Faherty v. Faherty, 97 N.J. 99, 105 (1984) (“In this state, * * * arbitration is a favored remedy.”) The diversion of cases from the usual trial pattern “to alternative programs of dispute resolution has come to be viewed as an effective means to dispense justice quickly and efficiently while easing the ever-increasing burden on limited court resources.” Supreme Court…