Paragon Contractors, Inc. v. Peachtree Condominium Ass'n

At issue in this appeal is whether the failure to hold a conference pursuant to Ferreira v. Rancocas Orthopedic Associates, 178 N.J. 144, 836 A.2d 779 (2003), tolls the filing period provided in the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, and whether the dismissal of the third-party complaint in this matter was justified. The Ferreira conference was created to remind parties of their statutory obligations and thus avoid the dismissal of meritorious claims through inadvertence. It was never intended, nor could it have been, as an overlay on the statute that would effectively…