Order: Rupprecht Kirk Vs Maszczak Peter

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                                MRS-L-001445-22
            MRS-L-001445-22
                        04/24/2023
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                                                             ID: LCV20232251157
                                                                   ID: LCV20231355732




Beth S. Rose, Esq. (N.J. Bar No. 028491987)
Vincent Lodato, Esq. (N.J. Bar No. 035671998)
SILLS CUMMIS & GROSS P.C.
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, New Jersey 07102-5400
Phone: (973) 643-7000
E-Mail: brose@sillscummis.com
E-Mail: vlodato@sillscummis.com

Attorneys for Defendant
Connelly Skis, LLC

 KIRK RUPPRECHT AND ALICIA                       SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
 RUPPRECHT, individually, and as                 MORRIS COUNTY - LAW DIVISION
 GUARDIAN AD LITEM on behalf of
 CADENCE RUPPRECHT, a minor,
                                                 DOCKET NO. MRS-L-001445-22
          Plaintiffs,
                                                                CIVIL ACTION
 -vs-

 PETER S. MASZCZAK, CAROL S.                               ^on
 MASZCZAK, STEPHEN J. MASZCZAK,                     ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT
 MICHAEL DIMEGLIO, CONNELLY SKIS,                   CONNELLY SKIS, LLC’S MOTION
 LLC d/b/a CONNELLY WATER SPORTS                       TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF
 and/or CONNELLY SKIS, INC., JOHN                      PERSONAL JURISDICTION
 DOES 1-7 (said names being fictitious), and          PURSUANT TO RULE 4:6-2(b)
 ABC CORPS. 1-7 (said names being
 fictitious), XYZ, LLC 1-7 (said names being
 fictitious),

         Defendants.

         THIS MATTER having been opened to the Court by Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C.,

counsel for Defendant Connelly Skis, LLC (hereinafter “Connelly”), on notice to counsel for all

parties, for an Order dismissing Plaintiffs’ claims against Connelly with prejudice due to a lack

of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 4:6-2(b), and the Court having considered the papers

submitted and the arguments of counsel; and for good cause shown;

                       3rd day of _____________________,
         IT IS on this _____        August               2023;
     MRS-L-001445-22
         MRS-L-001445-22
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       ORDERED that Connelly’s motion to dismiss due to a lack of personal jurisdiction
                  DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE
pursuant to Rule 4:6-2(b) is hereby granted; and it is further

       ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ claims and any crossclaims asserted against Connelly are
                       DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE
                                   *
hereby dismissed with prejudice.


                                                      Rosemary E. Ramsay, P.J.Cv.   J.S.C.

          Opposed


          Unopposed

          *ORDERED, that Counsel shall appear at a case management conference with
          Michael Eisner, Esq., the Morris/Sussex Civil Division Discovery Mediator and
          Case Manager on September 1, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. to fix dates in a Case Management
          Order to complete discovery on the issue personal jurisdiction by January 15, 2024.
           ORDERED that Defendant shall serve a copy of this Order within 7 days of the
           date hereof in accordance with R. 1:5-1(a).




                   Reasons set forth on the record of this date




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