Legal Opinion
Fernandes v. Dar Development Co. (073001)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 28, 2015No. A-37-13PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge CUFF
(temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.
As plaintiff Rolando Fernandes and his boss, Mario Freitas (Mario), 1 were installing a sewer pipe on a residential construction site, the wall of the trench in which Fernandes was working collapsed, burying him up to his chest. Mario promptly extricated plaintiff and later drove him home. Fernandes was seriously injured and has not worked since that day.
Fernandes filed a complaint against the general contractor, DAR Development Corp. and DAR Construction, Inc. (collectively DAR or defendant), seeking compensatory damages. At…
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