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1 CORI PALLISTER v. SPOTSWOOD FIRST AID SQUAD, et al. -- rank: 1000

... or omission. In 1963, the Legislature adopted a companion statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13, which now reads:             No member of a volunteer fire company ... After adoption of the TCA in 1972, the Legislature adopted N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1 which gave any "volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency ... 1983, c. 29, § 2, to parallel the 1983 amendment to N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.     In 1976, we held that a local rescue squad was ... Act, any volunteer firemen . . . could claim the immunity provided by N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 through and under the Tort Claims Act." D'Eustachio v ... companies themselves. Three years after the act the Legislature adopted N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1 which, in language virtually identical to 156 N.J ... any doubt, the court once again states its opinion that N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1[] immunizes simple negligence at the situs of an ...

docket:	A1181-01
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2002-11-22
status:	published
citation:	355 N.J. Super. 278 810 A.2d 77
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2 NICKOLAS D'ANGELO v. DAWN MOYLAN, VILLAGE OF RIDGEFIELD PARK - -- rank: 986

... instead opted to confer immunity to rescue squad members under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13. Plaintiff further argues that the good-faith immunity under N ... or omission.   In 1963, the Legislature adopted a companion statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13, which now reads: No member of a volunteer fire company ... After adoption of the TCA in 1972, the Legislature adopted N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1, which gave any "volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency ...

docket:	a0187-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	0000-00-00
status:	unpublished
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3 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a0530-19.opn.html -- rank: 862

... to provide Basic Life Support services as first responders.' Applying N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1, and N.J.S.A. 26:2K-29, immunizing ... olunteer rescue squad members are immunized from civil liability under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13, which provides: No member of a volunteer fire company, which ... volunteer rescue squads enjoy similar immunity under the companion statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1, which provides: No volunteer fire company or volunteer first ... acted in good faith. Indeed, '[t]he immunities granted . . . under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 and -13.1 are broader in scope than those generally ... quoting Canico v. Hurtado, 144 N.J. 361, 365 (1996)).] N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 contains an additional 'disclaimer for 'willful or wanton' actions' ...

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4 Geraldine Murray and Odis E. Murray v. Plainfield Rescue Squad -- rank: 841

... Legislature specifically conferred immunity on the entity and the individuals: N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1 provides immunity to a “volunteer first aid, rescue ... The Legislature chose to provide immunity to volunteer rescue squads, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1, and to rescue squads rendering advanced life support services ... conferred immunity on both the entity and the individual volunteers. N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1 expressly provides immunity to an incorporated or unincorporated â ... does not cause damage by a willful or wanton act. N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 (emphasis added). 11 The Rescue Squad argues that if a ... The Legislature chose to provide immunity to volunteer rescue squads, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1, and to rescue squads rendering advanced life support services ...

docket:	A-128-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-07-17
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5 LEROY LAUDER, et al. v. TEANECK VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS, et al. -- rank: 837

... ambulance squad and its members were granted summary judgment under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13, which provides immunity for members of volunteer first aid and rescue squads, and N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1, which provides immunity for volunteer first aid or rescue ... entitled to immunities. Independent of the Tort Claims Act, however, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 and -13.1 specifically provide immunity to volunteer ambulance squads ... vehicle in connection with the rendering of any such services.” N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.     The ambulance squad responds that it is a public entity ... 2-2a. The immunities granted to volunteer ambulance squads under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 and –13.1 are broader in scope than those generally ...

docket:	A1529-02
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2004-04-19
status:	published
citation:	368 N.J. Super. 320 845 A.2d 1278
Document Size:	27454

6 A-0STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BRANDON T. MORRISON July 24, 2015 -- rank: 813

... U.S.C.A. § 1983. Ibid. (citing, e.g. , N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13). Two of those criteria apply equally to volunteer first aid and rescue squads and their members. First, in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13, the Legislature provided tort immunity not only for a volunteer ... company or volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad" itself, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1. See, e.g. , Kuchera v. Jersey Shore Family Health ... provide it through associated first aid and rescue squads. See N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 (providing tort immunity for EMS performed by a member of ...

docket:	a0170-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	0000-00-00
status:	unpublished
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7 ROBERT STOLLENWERK VS TOWNSHIP OF MULLICA & ET ALS -- rank: 796

... his property. The summary judgment was based on two statutes, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 and 2A:53A 13.1, which provide broad immunity to ... fire department, alleging that their negligence caused plaintiff's loss.      N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 provides that:             No member of a volunteer fire company, which ... by his willful or wanton act of commission or omission. N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13.1 provides the same immunity, in virtually the same language ... first argument simply ignores the language of the statutes. Both N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 and 2A:53A-13.1 apply, by their terms, to ... immunity in the two statutes cited.     Finally, we note that N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 and 2A:53A-13.1 do not specifically grant immunity ...

docket:	a0865-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-11-20
status:	published
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8 O'Connell v. Montclair State University -- rank: 682

... Div. 1979) (stating that immunity provided volunteer fire companies under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 “must be read as one of the immunities protected by ...

docket:	a-93-00
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-05-06
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citation:	171 N.J. 484
Document Size:	49372

9 PARIS WILSON v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY -- rank: 448

... assault and other crimes of a sexual nature.") (emphasis added); N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 ("Nothing herein shall be deemed to grant any such immunity ...

docket:	a4044-08_2
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2010-08-04
status:	unpublished
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WALTER QUEZADA -- rank: 437

... can commit official misconduct. The definition of "public servant," in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-13 (tort immunity for volunteer firefighters); Schwartz v. Stockton , 32 N ...

docket:	a6472-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2008-08-13
status:	published
citation:	402 N.J.Super. 277
Document Size:	57539