Whitfield v. Bonanno Real Estate Group, A-2830-09T1; Appellate Division; opinion by Messano, J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication May 12, 2011. Before Judges Carchman, Messano and Waugh. On appeal from the Law Division, Bergen County, L-1604-07. [Sat below: Judge Polifroni.] DDS No. 39-2-2118 [31 pp.]
Plaintiff, an employee of Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. (Time Warner), was injured at work and received workers’ compensation benefits from her employer. She instituted a third-party negligence action against a number of parties, including the lessee of the premises TWF, a general partnership in which her employer was a partner. The partnership sought summary judgment, arguing that the immunity provided by N.J.S.A. 34:15-8 applied. It contended that because the partnership shared liability for the actions of its agents, i.e., the individual partners, it was entitled to share in the immunities provided to those partners.
