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

... conclude the public entity and public employee are liable under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 and 59:3-2, respectively. The trial court apparently agreed ... chapters two and three, general provisions immunize "[d]iscretionary activities." N.J.S.A. 59:2-3, 59:3-2. Those sections declare that a public entity ... or discretion vested" in the entity or the employee, respectively. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a), 59:3-2(a). However, those sections provide that ... out of acts or omissions . . . in carrying out . . . ministerial functions." N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d), 59:3-2(d). Thus, when no provision of the TCA other than N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 or 59:3-2 could provide immunity, "[t]he standard ... Jersey Transp. Auth. , 219 N.J. 481 , 490 (2014). Importantly, N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) and 59:3-2(d) each provide only ...

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
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2 Estate of Hiram A. Gonzalez v. City of Jersey City -- rank: 965

... scene and where to leave Gonzalez is a closer question. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) and :3-2(d) provide qualified immunity “for ... discretionary, then qualified immunity exists in favor of defendants under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) and :3-2(d), and the jury must then ... entitled to immunity under various provisions of the TCA, including N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a), immunity for discretionary activities (public entity); N.J.S ... the NJMEL. They contend the Appellate Division incorrectly found that N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) and N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(d ... Jersey Transp. Auth., 219 N.J. 481, 490 (2014) (citing N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d)). When a public entity’s or employee’s actions ... we have interpreted the phrase “exercise of . . . discretion” in N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a) to refer “to actual, high-level policymaking ...

docket:	a-19-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2021-08-04
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3 John Seals and Julia Seals v. County of Morris -- rank: 909

... roadway, then the pole did not present a danger and N.J.S.A. 59:2-3, which addresses immunity for discretionary activities, would not come into ... the County ’ s assertion that it was protected by N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(c) and (d), which provide immunity when a public entity ... in determining whether to seek or . . . provide [certain] resources, ” N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(c), and when it exercises discretion in determining “ whether ... resources ” “ in the face of competing demands, ” N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d). Id. at 93-94. Based on the record, which ... to immunity under either subsection (c) or (d) ” of N.J.S.A. 59:2-3. Id. at 94. Nevertheless, the panel remanded for further proceedings ... not been sufficiently developed to grant the County immunity under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3. Ibid. Motions for leave to appeal were filed by ...

docket:	a-84-10
court:	New Jersey Supreme Court
decided:	2012-05-14
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4 SUSAN ZELLER v. NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE -- rank: 901

... d).] The same immunity also applies to a public entity. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a). We first determine then whether the function of the ... under N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(d) and N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a). If it is discretionary, however, immunity attaches unless the ... not N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(d) and N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a), which are implicated here. More importantly, the difference between ... trial court to determine if the discretionary act immunity under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a) and N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(a ... immunities under N.J.S.A. 59:3-2 and N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 to the conduct of police officers searching for accident victims ... under N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(d) and N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a) because these issues were not raised below. Id. ...

docket:	a1751-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-01-06
status:	unpublished
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5 Donald T. Polzo v. County of Essex -- rank: 892

... law ‘without due care.’” Ibid. 14 Cf. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 (d) (“A public entity is not liable for the ...

docket:	A-74-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-01-18
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6 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2043-19.opn.html -- rank: 889

... constitute 'ministerial activities' falling within the ambit of the TCA, N.J.S.A. 59:2-3.4 Moreover, the trial court determined that since Glogolich 'interacted ... cited N.J.S.A. 59:3-2 instead of N.J.S.A. 59:2-3. A-2043-19 20 A memorializing order was entered. Plaintiffs ... in finding that the Borough was entitled to immunity under N.J.S.A. 59:2- - 3 (discretionary immunity) for 'all decisions' emanating from the discretionary decisions ... the Borough is barred by the discretionary immunity provision of N.J.S.A. 59:2-3, which states: a. A public entity is not liable for ... that the determination of the public entity was palpably unreasonable. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 further states that '[n]othing in this section shall exonerate ... services,' and such decisions are 'absolutely immune' from liability under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(c). Lopez v. City of Elizabeth, 245 N.J. ...

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7 JASMINE ROACH v. NEW JERSEY STATE PAROLE BOARD -- rank: 865

... of acts or omissions . . . in carrying out their ministerial functions.' N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d); see N.J.S.A. 59:3-2. However ... 440 N.J. Super. 79, 93 (App. Div. 2015) (quoting N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) and N.J.S.A. 59:3- 2), aff ...

docket:	a2277-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-03-09
status:	unpublished
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8 Hazel Hamrick Lee v. Florence Brown, et al. -- rank: 860

... Jersey Transp. Auth., 219 N.J. 481, 490 (2014) (citing N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d)). “If the action was ministerial, liability for the ...

docket:	a_7_8_16
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2018-02-21
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9 VANCE BANKS v. KELLY L. GUNDERSON -- rank: 857

... J.S.A. 59:4-6. The judge also invoked N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 providing for plan or design. Moreover, the judge rejected plaintiff ... has no duty to the plaintiff to put in sidewalks. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3, provides immunity for [its] actions or inactions and are discretionary ... decision to set a speed limit for a road under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3, its failure to warn of a roadway hazard under N ... in finding that the Township was entitled to immunity under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 (discretionary immunity) and N.J.S.A. 59:4-6 ... of action is barred by the discretionary immunity provision of N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(b), which provides that '[a] public entity is not liable ... and is entitled to 17 A-0569-16T1 immunity under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(b). No New Jersey case law or statute requires ...

docket:	a0569-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-05-30
status:	unpublished
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10 S.P v. NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT -- rank: 845

... N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(a). See also N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a) (public entity counterpart containing the same language). Neither section ... or omissions of its employees in carrying out [] ministerial functions." N.J.S.A. 59:2-3, N.J.S.A. 59:3-2. On the basis ... N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(a); see also N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a) (immunizing public entities for discretionary decisions). However, in circumstances ... or omissions. N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(d), N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d). A "discretionary act . . . calls for the exercise of personal ... been express absolute immunity for the judge and State under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(b) and N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(b ...

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

11 JANET HENEBEMA v. SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY -- rank: 845

... ordinary negligence law or the Act's "palpably unreasonable" standard. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d). Because the judge himself settled that fact-laden dispute ... charge the jury on the palpably unreasonable standard required by N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d); (2) allowing Williams to render a net opinion; (3 ... dispute that involved whether defendants had the discretion, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d), to determine "how to utilize or apply their existing ... between discretionary and ministerial functions performed by a public entity. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) provides that [a] public entity is not liable for ...

docket:	a3723-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-04-01
status:	published
citation:	430 N.J.Super. 485 65 A.3d 846
Document Size:	85387

12 Parsons v. Mullica Township Board of Education -- rank: 840

... negligence of its employees in [the] performance of ministerial duties, [ N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 and N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d)], that liability yields to a grant of immunity.� ... 4 superseded the general liability for negligent ministerial acts under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3 and 59:3-2. Id. at 94. The panel noted ...

docket:	a-69-14
court:	New Jersey Supreme Court
decided:	2016-08-17
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13 Angela Norris and George Norris v. Borough of Leonia -- rank: 838

... make an inadequate or negligent inspection of its property, and N.J.S.A. 59:2-3, establishing immunity for its exercise of judgment or discretion relative ...

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

14 CHRISTIANNA PITCHER v. OCEAN RIDE -- rank: 835

... N.J.S.A. 59:3-2(a); see also N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(a) (public entity parallel containing the same language). The immunity ... or omissions of a public employee when executing ministerial functions. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3; N.J.S.A. 59:3-2. N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) states: A public entity is not liable for the ... palpably unreasonable." Margolis & Novack, supra , 1972 Task Force Comment on N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d). "Broadly speaking [ N.J.S.A. 59:2-3] provides that there shall be no liability for the decision ... making process of public entities." Id. at comment 1 to N.J.S.A. 59:2-3. In Lopez v. City of Elizabeth , 245 N.J. ...

docket:	a0102-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-03-24
status:	unpublished
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15 Paris Wilson v. City of Jersey City -- rank: 833

... the Tort Claims Act provided immunity to Jersey City under N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d) (immunity for discretionary activities) and N.J.S.A ... 9-1-1 operators -- was not exempted from liability by N.J.S.A. 59:2-3(d). Id. at 156. Defendants also were denied immunity from ...

docket:	A-61-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-03-08
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