ELKE BACHIK et al. v. MIN WU, et al.

 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE

APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

APPELLATE DIVISION

DOCKET NO. A-0988-05T10988-05T1

ELKE BACHIK and MICHAEL BACHIK,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

MIN WU and JIANQUIANG ZHOU,

Defendants-Respondents.

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Submitted: June 6, 2006 - Decided June 22, 2006

Before Judges Kestin and Lefelt.

On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Civil Part, Bergen County, L-1735-04.

Betsch and Bennett, attorneys for appellant (Robert J. Bennett, Jr., on the brief).

David E. Rehe & Associates, attorneys for respondent (Dominick Ciallella, on the brief).

PER CURIAM

Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint. The complaint encompassed both a claim for damages from injuries suffered by Elke Bachik from a fall on a sidewalk abutting defendants' property, and Michael Bachik's per quod cause of action. Plaintiffs have not challenged the assertion in defendants' statement of undisputed facts that the property is residential.

On appeal, plaintiffs argue that "the trial court erred in granting defendants' motion for summary judgment," and that "the anachronous common law doctrine of sidewalk immunity [for residential premises] must be abrogated." Our review of the record in the light of the arguments advanced by the parties and governing legal standards discloses that these arguments lack sufficient merit to warrant discussion in a written opinion. See R. 2:11-3(e)(1)(E); see also Smith v. Young, 300 N.J. Super. 82 (App. Div. 1997).

The trial court's order is affirmed.

 

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