KYER v. CITY OF EAST ORANGE


719 A.2d 184 (1998)

315 N.J. Super. 524

Ruby Robinson KYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF EAST ORANGE, Cardell Cooper and J. Kenneth Garrett, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Estelle Flynn Lord, Westfield, for plaintiff-appellant (Brian D. Driscoll, on the brief).

Brown & Childress, East Orange, for defendants-respondents (Louis W. Childress, Jr., on the brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, BROCHIN and KLEINER.


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

The issue raised by this appeal is whether a merit system provisional employee in the municipal classified service who is denied the opportunity to become a permanent employee by reason of the municipality's negligence and her own unawareness of merit system requirements may, after seven years of exemplary service, be summarily discharged. We hold that under the circumstances of this case, the employee's...

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