RICHARD A. PULASKI CONSTRUCTION CO. v. Air Frame Hangars, Inc.

In this appeal, we consider whether New Jersey recognizes a cause of action in prima facie tort and, if so, the contours of that cause of action. Assuming, without deciding, that our common law may admit of a cause of action for prima facie tort, it is solely a gap-filler. That is, the availability of the prima facie tort doctrine is limited exclusively to those instances of intentional and culpable conduct unjustified under the circumstances that, as a threshold matter, do not fall within a traditional tort cause of action.

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Although procedurally complex, the facts underlying this case are…