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1 RACHEL A. PARSONS v. MULLICA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION -- rank: 1000

... the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances." N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a). However, "[a]ny liability of a public entity established ...

docket:	a0643-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-03-30
status:	published
citation:	440 N.J.Super. 79 111 A.3d 144
Document Size:	62443

2 Suzanne K. Ogborne v. Mercer Cemetery Corp. -- rank: 965

... by the general rule of vicarious liability set forth in N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, or under public entity liability with regard to the dangerous ... court erred by applying the ordinary negligence standard pursuant to N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 and remanded for application of the more stringent “palpably ... the Act, but rather a clash between two liability provisions. N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 governs a plaintiff’s cause of action when it turns ... the Court must determine whether the ordinary negligence standard of N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 must give way to the palpably unreasonable standard of N ... by the general rule of vicarious liability set forth in N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, or under public entity liability with regard to the dangerous ... court erred by applying the ordinary negligence standard pursuant to N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 and remanded for the application of the more stringent ...

docket:	a-66-07
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decided:	2009-01-29
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citation:	197 N.J. 448
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3 Suzanne K. Ogborne v. Mercer Cemetery Corp. -- rank: 928

... by the general rule of vicarious liability set forth in N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, or under public entity liability with regard to the dangerous ... court erred by applying the ordinary negligence standard pursuant to N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 and remanded for application of the more stringent "palpably unreasonable ... the Act, but rather a clash between two liability provisions. N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 governs a plaintiff's cause of action when it turns ... the Court must determine whether the ordinary negligence standard of N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 must give way to the palpably unreasonable standard of N ... by the general rule of vicarious liability set forth in N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, or under public entity liability with regard to the dangerous ... court erred by applying the ordinary negligence standard pursuant to N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 and remanded for the application of the more stringent " ...

docket:	a-66-07
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decided:	2009-01-29
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citation:	197 N.J. 448 963 A.2d 828
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4 Carol Ann Conforti v. County of Ocean -- rank: 928

... 6-4, -5, or -6. The 22 ACLU maintains that N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 should be used to strengthen the duty of care owed ...

docket:	a-1-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-08-10
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5 Antonio Chaparro Nieves v. Office of the Public Defender -- rank: 916

... available if the public entity defendant were a private person. N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a) then sets forth the primary source of public entity ... Public Entities, cmt. 1 & cmt. of 1972 Task Force on N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 (2020). If the public employee is not liable for an act or omission, the public entity is not liable. N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(b). The Act details the liability of public employees. While ...

docket:	a-69-18
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2020-04-15
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6 SUZANNE K. OGBORNE v. CITY OF TRENTON -- rank: 889

... a public employee where the public employee is not liable. [ N.J.S.A. 59:2-2.] This provision is considered the primary source of public entity liability. See N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 (1972 Task Force Comment); Tice v. Cramer , 133 N.J ... A. Margolis & Robert Novack, Claims Against Public Entities , comment to N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, at 35 (2006) (hereinafter "Margolis & Novack"). It provides for public ... negligence claim under the ordinary negligence, respondeat superior standard of N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, and not assessing the claim under the standard for a ... property, does not mean that the vicarious liability standard of N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 should apply. Rather, the City's liability should be considered ... J. 89 (1999). See also , Margolis & Novack , supra , comment to N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 at 36, noting "that where the negligent activities of ...

docket:	A1729-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-06-06
status:	unpublished
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Document Size:	99416

7 Angela Norris and George Norris v. Borough of Leonia -- rank: 872

... Moreover, the Comment to the Act's general liability provision, N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, observes that "[w]hile the general approach of this act ...

docket:	a-30-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-07-26
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citation:	160 N.J. 427
Document Size:	85372

8 CRYSTAL ICE-BRIDGETON LLC v. CITY OF BRIDGETON -- rank: 863

... a public employee where the public employee is not liable." N.J.S.A. 59:2-2. The Chief acted pursuant to statutory authority, N.J.S ... s immunity, the City and Mixner are not liable either. N.J.S.A. 59:2-2. Finally, under certain circumstances, public contractors are entitled to derivative ...

docket:	a1687-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-11-13
status:	Published
citation:	428 N.J.Super. 576 54 A.3d 848
Document Size:	33319

9 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2043-19.opn.html -- rank: 863

... entity or a public employee or any other person.' But N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a) provides that '[a] public entity is liable for injury ... a public employee where the public employee is not liable.' N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(b). Applying these well-settled principles, we affirm the trial ...

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10 SOPHARIE LEANG et al. v. JERSEY CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, -- rank: 859

... manner and to the same extent as a private individual." N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 (a) . However, where the public employee is not liable the public entity is not liable. N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(b). Respondeat superior liability is the primary liability imposed by ...

docket:	a5777-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2008-04-02
status:	published
citation:	399 N.J.Super. 329
Document Size:	176360

11 BRIANNA ACKERMAN v. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION -- rank: 852

... thereby failing to consider whether defendant was vicariously liable under N.J.S.A. 59:2-2, which provides: a. A public entity is liable for injury ... the TCA and considered "whether the ordinary negligence standard of N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 must give way to the more stringent 'palpably unreasonable' standard ... rendering defendant liable subject to the general negligence provisions of N.J.S.A. 59:2-2. There is no question defendant has a duty to supervise ...

docket:	a5108-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-12-30
status:	unpublished
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Document Size:	46836

12 S.P v. NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT -- rank: 838

... an injury caused by his . . . failure to enforce any law."); N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(B) ("A public entity is not liable . . . where the public ... and citations omitted). The TCA also provides specific statutory immunity. N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(b) immunizes a public entity from vicarious liability for the ...

docket:	a5591-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-09-27
status:	published
citation:	428 N.J.Super. 210 52 A.3d 178
Document Size:	68777

13 RUTH DEANE v. WINDING RIVER PARK ICE SKATING RINK -- rank: 829

... critical issue here is whether the standard set forth in N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 or N.J.S.A. 59:4-2 covers the ... this case. Plaintiff contends that the ordinary negligence standard of N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 applies, rather than the more stringent "palpably unreasonable" standard in ... elf with candy, which then caused the children to react. " N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 governs a plaintiff's cause of action when it turns ... that no food was allowed on the ice and thus N.J.S.A. 59:2-2 should apply. As this contention makes it reasonably debatable that ...

docket:	a5443-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-11-14
status:	unpublished
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14 ERICA TURNER v. TOWNSHIP OF IRVINGTON -- rank: 824

... other hand, specifically addresses the public entity's derivative liability, N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a), immunizing the public entity from liability for the willful ... the determination of the public employee was palpably unreasonable." 5 N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a) holds a public entity vicariously liable for injury proximately ...

docket:	a5478-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-04-23
status:	published
citation:	430 N.J.Super. 274 63 A.3d 1233
Document Size:	39752

15 CHRISTIANNA PITCHER v. OCEAN RIDE -- rank: 819

... the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances." N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a); see also Tice v. Cramer , 133 N.J. 347 ... at 582; N.J.S.A. 59:3-1(a); N.J.S.A. 59:2-2. The Ocean County defendants cite N.J.S.A. 59 ... N.J. Super. at 502. In accord with Henebema and N.J.S.A. 59:2-2(a), the Ocean County defendants are subject to liability under ...

docket:	a0102-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-03-24
status:	unpublished
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Document Size:	41873