Wayne Davis v. Brickman Landscaping (071310)

This appeal presents two questions related to the standard of care that private fire sprinkler maintenance inspectors are required to exercise. First, we are asked to consider whether plaintiffs must offer expert testimony to establish the standard of care applicable to fire sprinkler inspectors who performed their inspections pursuant to relevant provisions of the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (UFC), N.J.AC. 5:70-1.1 to -1.20. If such expert testimony is required, we are then called upon to address whether plaintiffs’ expert adequately supported his asserted standard of care, and a breach…