KING v. BROWN


221 N.J. Super. 270 (1987)

534 A.2d 413

KARL KING, AN INCOMPETENT, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM NORAH KING; CHRISTOPHER KING, KENDRA KING, AND MEREDITH KING, INFANTS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM NORAH KING; AND NORAH KING, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS, v. PHYLLIS J. BROWN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, COUNTY OF MONMOUTH, TOWNSHIP OF OCEAN, JOHN DOE, A FICTITIOUS NAME, AND JOHN DOE II THROUGH JOHN DOE XII, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Mills argued the cause for appellants (Lautman, Henderson, Mills & Wight, attorneys).

Jacqueline M. Sharkey, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent, State of New Jersey (W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General, attorney).

Vincent P. Valerio argued the cause for respondent, County of Monmouth (Sparks & Sauerwein, attorneys).

Ronald Prusek argued the cause for respondent, Township of Ocean (Lomell, Muccifori, Adler, Ravaschiere, Amabile & Pehlivanian, attorneys; Michael S. Paduano, on the brief).

Before Judges GAULKIN, GRUCCIO and D'ANNUNZIO.


The opinion of the Court was delivered by D'ANNUNZIO, J.A.D.

Plaintiffs appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of the three public entity defendants. Plaintiffs eventually settled their claims against Brown, the individual defendant.

On August 8, 1983, Karl King was a pedestrian in Ocean Township attempting to cross Sunset Avenue from the south side to the north side. Sunset Avenue has two traffic lanes, one westbound and one eastbound. During his attempt...

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