However inexcusable a car dealer’s failure to notify a vendor early on that it was fighting a class-action suit in which the vendor might by implicated, it was not so prejudicial as to warrant dismissal of the third-party claims, a state appeals court held on Tuesday.

The ruling, in Kent Motor Cars Inc. v. Reynolds and Reynolds , A-5246-07, overturned a trial court’s dismissal of the dealer’s claims against a printing company, which sold it forms that allegedly did not comply with consumer protection statutes and regulations.

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