MANNA v. STATE


129 N.J. 341 (1992)

609 A.2d 757

GAIL MANNA, GENERAL ADMINISTRATRIX AND ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH MANNA, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr., argued the cause for appellant (Blume, Vazquez, Goldfaden, Berkowitz & Donnelly, attorneys; Ronald P. Goldfaden, on the brief).

Glenn R. Jones, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel).


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

In 1986 Joseph Manna was killed in a car accident on a wet and slippery bridge. Gail Manna, the General Administratrix and Administratrix ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Joseph Manna, sued the State Department of Transportation based on the bridge's dangerous condition. We address the State's liability under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. §§ 59:1-1 to 12-3 (the Act), the statute governing...

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