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holding that he CFA "encompass[es] the acts of remote suppliers, including suppliers of component parts, whose products are passed on to a buyer and whose representations are made to or intended to be conveyed to the buyer" even if the representations are made after the sale
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Argued February 27, 1990 —
Decided April 2, 1990.
On appeal from the Superior Court, Appellate Division.
Rudy B. Coleman argued the cause for appellant Detroit Diesel Allison, a Division of General Motors ( Carpenter, Bennett Morrissey, attorneys; Rudy B. Coleman and Stephen F. Payerle, on the briefs).
Frederick J. Wortmann argued the cause for appellant Johnson Towers, Inc. ( Braff, Ertag, Wortmann, Harris Sukoneck, attorneys).
Jerome N. Lynes argued the cause for respondent Ocean Yachts, Inc. ( Connell, Foley Geiser, attorneys).
Joseph DiRienzo argued the cause for respondents Perth Amboy Iron Works, Inc. ( DiRienzo, Wallerstein Fellman, attorneys).
John P. Thurber, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Advocate ( Thomas S. Smith, Jr., Acting Public Advocate, attorney).
Roberta Nan Berkwits, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).
Madeline L. Houston submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Paterson's Coalition for Housing and Consumers League of New Jersey ( John D. Atlas, Executive Director, Passaic County Legal Aid Society, Madeline L. Houston, Neil Fogarty, and Gail Chester, on the brief). Eugene M. Haring submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. ( McCarter English, attorneys).
The judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 226 N.J. Super. 200, 543 A.2d 1020 (1988).
For affirmance — Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices CLIFFORD, HANDLER, POLLOCK, GARIBALDI, and STEIN — 6.
For reversal — None.