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PITTS v. NEWARK BD. OF EDUC.

766 A.2d 1206 (2001)

337 N.J. Super. 331

Cooper PITTS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant, and Joseph Parlavecchio, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evangeline V. Tutt, for appellant.

Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley, Newark, for respondent (Ronald C. Hunt, of counsel and on the brief).

No other parties participated in this appeal.

Before Judges KEEFE and EICHEN.

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

This is an action brought under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 12-3 (the Tort Claims Act). Defendant Joseph Parlavecchio appeals a judgment in favor of plaintiff Cooper Pitts following a jury verdict that awarded plaintiff $10,000 in punitive damages on his defamation cause of action.1 We reverse.

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