JACKSON v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.


296 N.J. Super. 1 (1996)

JAMES B. JACKSON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP., JOSEPH E. SAVAGE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND ROBERT GASTON, MARTIN BLUM, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic J. Gross argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Gross, on the brief).

Lisa H. Cassilly (Alston & Bird) of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent, Georgia-Pacific Corp. (Murphy and O'Connor, attorneys; Ms. Cassilly and Robert H. Bucker, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, CONLEY and LOFTUS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CONLEY, J.A.D.

In December 1989, plaintiff was fired from his job as foreman by defendant Joseph Savage, the plant manager of the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Delair, New Jersey1 in which plaintiff worked. In 1990, plaintiff filed a Law Division action which included allegations that his termination was racially motivated in violation of the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to...

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