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COLLINS v. UNION COUNTY JAIL

291 N.J. Super. 318 (1995)

677 A.2d 285

JESSIE COLLINS, PLAINTIFF, v. UNION COUNTY JAIL, UNION COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS, JAIL DIRECTOR WARREN MACCARELLI, CORRECTIONS OFFICER GAYLAND ROBINSON, SUPERVISING SERGEANT JOHN DOE 2, CORRECTION OFFICERS JOHN DOE 3 THROUGH 5, JOSEPH SALEY, OFFICER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, HAROLD GIBSON, DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Union County.

October 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin McCreedy for plaintiff (McCreedy & Cox, attorneys)

Robert Doherty Assistant County Counsel for defendant, (James F. Keefe, County Counsel, Union County).

MENZA, J.S.C.

This opinion is an elaboration of one rendered by the court at the trial of this matter.

This case involves the novel question of whether a particularly horrid incident resulting in a permanent psychological injury, without physical injury, is enough to satisfy the verbal threshold requirement of the Tort Claims Act. (N.J.S.A. 59:9-2(d))

Plaintiff was raped by a Corrections Officer...

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