CEDENO v. MONTCLAIR STATE UNV.


725 A.2d 38 (1999)

319 N.J. Super. 148

Charles CEDENO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, and Raye Jean Mastrangelo, Defendants-Appellants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Zweig, Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellant Montclair State University (Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney; Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Zweig, on the brief).

Howard M. Nirenberg, for defendant-appellant Raye Jean Mastrangelo (Nirenberg & Varano, attorneys; Sandra N. Varano and Mr. Nirenberg, of counsel and on the brief).

John G. Geppert, Jr., for plaintiff-respondent (Wiley, Malehorn and Sirota, attorneys; Mr. Geppert, of counsel; Eugene Huang, Morristown and Arla D. Cahill, Newark, on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, PAUL G. LEVY and LESEMANN.


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

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a person who is statutorily disqualified from obtaining public employment as a result of a criminal conviction may maintain an action for an alleged wrongful discharge, in violation of the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8, or the Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42. We hold that such an action...

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