Chicago Strip Clubs: WALTERS v. BREATHLESS 2000 AND CHRISTOFIS KONTOS

Defendants Breathless 2000 (Breathless) and Christofis Kontos appeal from an order of the Law Division confirming an arbitration award in favor of plaintiff William Walters and denying their motion for leave to file a demand for trial de novo out of time. Additionally, defendant Kontos argues that the judgment against him must be set aside because plaintiff’s amended complaint adding him as a named defendant was barred by the statute of limitations and the arbitrator made no finding of his liability. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
On September 4, 2007, plaintiff filed a complaint against Breathless, a gentlemen’s club in Rahway, ABC Corp. 1-10, and John Does 1-10, seeking recovery for injuries suffered from a slip and fall in the men’s restroom of the facility on December 18, 2005. Plaintiff alleged he slipped on a slick substance that smelled like cleaning fluid in the men’s restroom. The complaint alleged defendants

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