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BUCKLEY v. TRENTON SAVING FUND SOC.

111 N.J. 355 (1988)

544 A.2d 857

JOSEPH E. BUCKLEY, JR., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. TRENTON SAVING FUND SOCIETY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Buckley, Jr., argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent, pro se.

Michael J. Nizolek argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Backes, Waldron & Hill, attorneys).

Hugo M. Pfaltz, Jr., argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Council of Savings Institutions (Pfaltz & Woller, attorneys; Alice Mildred Milmed, on the brief).

Dennis R. Casale argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Bankers Association (Jamieson, Moore, Peskin & Spicer, attorneys; Dennis R. Casale, Kevin L. Lilly, and Michael J. Mann, on the brief).

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

The fundamental question in this case is whether a customer may recover against a drawee bank for mental anguish and punitive damages caused by the bank's wrongful dishonor of the customer's check drawn payable to a third party. The Law Division dismissed the claim of plaintiff, Joseph E. Buckley, Jr., for punitive damages, but submitted his claim for mental anguish to...

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