FUCHILLA v. LAYMAN


109 N.J. 319 (1988)

537 A.2d 652

ANNE FUCHILLA, RESPONDENT, v. WILLIAM A. LAYMAN, M.D.; UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY, APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Harned, Deputy Atty. Gen., argued the cause for appellants (W. Cary Edwards, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Deputy Atty. Gen., of counsel).

Maureen S. Binetti argued the cause for respondent (Wilentz, Goldman, & Spitzer, attorneys; James M. Burns, of counsel and on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by POLLOCK, Justice.

This appeal concerns the applicability of the notice provisions of the Tort Claims Act (the Act), N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, 9, to discrimination claims brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (section 1983), and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (the Law), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42. Plaintiff, Anne Fuchilla, sued under both statutes, and the University of Medicine...

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