PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY v. OCEAN CTY. JOINT INS. FUND


767 A.2d 533 (2000)

337 N.J. Super. 480

The PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY, a newspaper owned and operated by South Jersey Publishing Co., Inc., and Michael Diamond, Plaintiffs, v. OCEAN COUNTY JOINT INSURANCE FUND, the Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund, Ocean Township and Lakewood Township, and Alan T. Smith and David N. Simpson, as indispensable parties, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County.

Decided October 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson C. Johnson, Hammonton, for plaintiffs.

Steven A. Zabarsky for Ocean County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (Citta, Holzapfel, Zabarsky, Leahey & Simon, attorneys).1


SERPENTELLI, AJSC.

This case focuses on the tension which exists between the right to obtain governmental documents and the attorney-client privilege as it relates to communications between an attorney and a client which is a public entity.

The plaintiffs, the Press of Atlantic City and Michael Diamond (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "plaintiffs" or "Press") brought an action against the defendant Ocean...

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