SCZYREK v. COUNTY OF ESSEX


735 A.2d 33 (1999)

324 N.J. Super. 235

Cheryl SCZYREK, Administratrix Ad Prosequendum and General Administratrix of the Estate of John Sczyrek, Jr., deceased, Cheryl Sczyrek, individually and Shannon Sczyrek, by her Guardian Ad Litem, Cheryl Sczyrek, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF ESSEX, Essex County Sheriff's Department, Essex County Probation Department, and Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Defendants-Respondents, Eddie Lee Oliver a/k/a/ Eddie Lee Philson a/k/a Damany Kamou, Tenesha James, and State of New Jersey, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Gogal, Passaic, for plaintiffs-appellants (A.J. Fusco, Jr., attorney; Mr. Gogal, of counsel and on the brief).

Jennifer Remington Knodel, Assistant County Counsel, for defendants-respondents (Catherine E. Tamasik, Essex County Counsel, attorney; Ms. Knodel, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, PAUL G. LEVY and LESEMANN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by LESEMANN, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).

This appeal arises from the tragic killing of a police officer in the Essex County Court Complex. The suit alleging negligence by the county authorities was dismissed by summary judgment based primarily on immunity provisions in the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 59:14-4.1 Because we are satisfied that the immunity provisions of the...

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