Supreme Court of New Jersey

Cidalina O. Carvalho v. Toll Brothers and…

May 6, 1996143 N.J. 565

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the appellate division, holding that the engineer and its inspector owed a duty of reasonable care to protect workers from foreseeable trench collapse hazards, that exculpatory agreements did not bar liability, and that summary judgment was improper, remanding for trial.