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16 ESTATE OF JUAN LOPEZ v. CITY OF CAMDEN -- rank: 795

... limits of a public employee's immunity are established under N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a), which provides that an employee cannot be exonerated "from ...

docket:	a2173-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-04-15
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	25361

17 TIMOTHY ROEHRICH v. JAMES M. MULLIN -- rank: 795

... Mullin may not avail himself of the verbal threshold. See N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a) ("Nothing in this act shall exonerate a public employee ... 134 , 145 (2008) ("By its plain, unambiguous, and specific terms, N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a) creates an exception to the verbal threshold."); Kelly v ...

docket:	a2565-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-09-21
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	31398

18 MARTHA GODOY v. KENNETH WASHINGTON -- rank: 774

... One such exception to immunity, willful misconduct, is established in N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a), which provides: Nothing in [the TCA] shall exonerate a ...

docket:	a1467-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-07-13
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	33443

19 Antonio Chaparro Nieves v. Office of the Public Defender -- rank: 768

... not apply to willful or other outrageous misconduct excepted under N.J.S.A. 59:3-14. See Leang v. Jersey City Bd. of Educ., 198 N ... where intentional, willful, malicious or other outrageous conduct addressed through N.J.S.A. 59:3-14 is asserted, although we acknowledge that conduct meeting that sectionâ ...

docket:	a-69-18
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2020-04-15
status:
citation:
Document Size:	64488

20 FRANK AMOS v. CITY OF NEWARK -- rank: 765

... The plaintiff argued in Toto that the verbal threshold of N.J.S.A. 59:3-14 that strip a public employee of the protections of the ...

docket:	a4449-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-07-20
status:
citation:
Document Size:	65130

21 NORMAN STEVENS v. BOROUGH OF GLEN RIDGE -- rank: 753

... against the Essex County Sheriff's Office were settled. 3 N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a) states that "[n]othing in this act shall exonerate ...

docket:	a1449-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-02-26
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	20054

22 LOIS CHIPEPO v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 743

... person.' N.J.S.A. 59:5-2(c). However, N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a) states that, 'Nothing in this [A]ct shall exonerate ... that the troopers' exercise of discretion constituted 'willful misconduct' under N.J.S.A. 59:3-14. Plaintiff argues, however, that the troopers violated the SOP in ... of determining if the troopers engaged in 'willful misconduct' under N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a). The evidence does not support an inference that the ... such a discretionary guideline does not constitute 'willful misconduct' under N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a). See Fielder, 141 A-4957-16T3 14 N.J ...

docket:	a4957-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-11-15
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	28492

23 DIANA STEVENS v. COUNTY OF HUDSON, and NUZHAT IQBAL, improperly pled as NUZHAT IGBAL - -- rank: 743

... constituted a crime, actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct.' N.J.S.A. 59:3-14. Here, Iqbal was acting within the scope of her employment ...

docket:	a5647-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-01-15
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	41044

24 ROOSTER BAR LLC. v. BOROUGH OF CLIFFSIDE PARK -- rank: 740

... faith in the execution or enforcement of any law." However, N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a), the public employee immunity exception, limits the good faith ...

docket:	a1022-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-11-01
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	28161

25 WILSON X. BEZERRA v. TOWNSHIP OF BELLEVILLE et al. -- rank: 725

... the enforcement of laws provide absolute immunity to the Township. N.J.S.A. 59:3-14 provides: a. Nothing in this act shall exonerate a public ... malice or willful misconduct. [(emphasis added).] The plain language of N.J.S.A. 59:3-14 is beyond dispute. The use, in this section, of the ... Servs. , 296 N.J. Super. 372 , 386 (App. Div. 1997). N.J.S.A. 59:3-14 does not, however, establish an independent basis upon which to ... the immunity provisions of the Act and the exceptions under N.J.S.A. 59:3-14, courts must first determine whether the employee is immune and ... plaintiff's injuries fail to vault the threshold provisions under N.J.S.A. 59:3-14. Ibid. Finally, plaintiff's claim for punitive damages remains viable ...

docket:	A1751-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-07-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	38837

26 FIELDER V. STONACK -- rank: 725

... 495, a finding which would deny immunity under the Act. N.J.S.A. 59:3-14. II     The distinction adopted by the Appellate Division departs from ...

docket:	a-115-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-07-06
status:
citation:	141 N.J. 101
Document Size:	85979

27 B.F. & K.L.F. VS DIV. OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES -- rank: 719

... charges of "crime, actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct." N.J.S.A. 59:3-14. They are at most assertions of negligence.     In Fielder v ... to be judged in relation to whether his act violated N.J.S.A. 59:3-14 in that it involved "crime, actual fraud, actual malice or ... crime or constituting actual malice, actual fraud, or willful misconduct. N.J.S.A. 59:3-14. But, as with DYFS and its employees, there is nothing ...

docket:	a4632-94
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-01-15
status:	published
citation:	296 N.J.Super. 372
Document Size:	45890

28 JASMINE ROACH v. NEW JERSEY STATE PAROLE BOARD -- rank: 719

... that 'section 5-2b provides absolute immunity, absent willful 3 N.J.S.A. 59:3-14 provides that '[n]othing in this act shall exonerate a ...

docket:	a2277-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-03-09
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	94397

29 IN THE MATTER OF REQUEST FOR DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION IN JAMES BAYLISS v. NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE TROOPER R. WAMBOLD JR. -- rank: 710

... of his employment or constituted . . . actual malice or willful misconduct." N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a). Relative to defense and indemnification, the TCA states, "If ...

docket:	a6043-11
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-06-17
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	43298

30 JANE DOE v. RICHARD BURKE -- rank: 710

... constituted a crime, actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct.' N.J.S.A. 59:3-14(a). A-4920-18 26 B. Count Four alleges that ...

docket:	a4920-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-17
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	60018