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The Appellate Division, reversing a trial court’s decision, has ruled that the scope of available damages when a defendant’s negligence caused homeowners to be displaced was not necessarily limited to the cost of alternate shelter covered by insurance but that the homeowners also could seek additional damages for “inconvenience.”

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