Public Entities Ruled Not Liable for Actions of Their Public Employees

By Stuart Lieberman | Published May 31, 2013 | Posted in Legislation and Rulemaking | Tagged Tags: Municpal Law, New Jersey Appellate Division, Tort Liability | Leave a comment

In an expansion of governmental tort immunity, the New Jersey Appellate Division recently ruled in Turner v. Township of Irvington that public entities cannot be held liable for a 9-1-1 operators’ conduct regardless of their level of culpability. The 9-1-1 operator at issue acted with willful and wanton conduct when they were the cause of Read More

Facing the Evidence: Spoliation and Social Media

By smcgee | Published May 15, 2013 | Posted in Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation, Litigation, Permitting, Redevelopment, Toxic Tort & Injury Claims | Tagged Tags: Evidence, Tort Liability | Leave a comment

Litigants, be wary! The casual and innocent acts of cleaning your home, disposing of old documents, or even deactivating your Facebook account may be the subject of a lawsuit against you. This is what occurred in Gatto v. United Air Lines, Inc. 10-cv-1090-ES-SCM, in which the plaintiff in a personal injury action deleted his Facebook Read More

Appellate Division ruling holds that juries, not judges, are to decide public entity's tort liability

By Stuart Lieberman | Published April 23, 2013 | Posted in Legislation and Rulemaking, Litigation | Tagged Tags: Appellate Advocacy, Tort Liability | Leave a comment

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held in Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority, A-3723-10 that when establishing tort liability a jury, not a judge, should be the one to decide whether a public entity’s acts are ministerial or discretionary in nature. This crucial distinction determines whether the public entity is subject to the ordinary-negligence Read More

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Public Entities Ruled Not Liable for Actions of Their Public Employees

Facing the Evidence: Spoliation and Social Media

Appellate Division ruling holds that juries, not judges, are to decide public entity's tort liability

In The Media

On the Run: Runner/lawyer DeBord out to protect the environment she loves

Gulf Coast Town Center facing foreclosure

Town liable for private company's leaking underground tanks, court rules

Dark Waters: How a Class Action Catapulted NJ to Forefront of 'Forever Chemicals' Battle

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