VAN ORDEN v. BOROUGH OF WOODSTOWN

Civil Action No. 13-5002 (JBS/AMD).

5 F.Supp.3d 676 (2014)

Kathryn M. VAN ORDEN, individually and as administratrix ad prosequendum of the Estate of Celena J. Sylvestri, Plaintiff, v. BOROUGH OF WOODSTOWN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Signed March 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Sheridan, Esq. , Christopher D. Hinderliter, Esq. , Sheridan & Murray, LLC, Audubon, NJ, for Plaintiff.

A. Michael Barker, Esq. , Vanessa Elaine James, Esq. , Barker Scott & Gelfand, PC, Linwood, NJ, for Defendants Borough of Woodstown, Woodstown Police Department and Pilesgrove Township.


OPINION

SIMANDLE, Chief Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Kathryn M. Van Orden is the mother of Celena J. Sylvestri, who drowned in her car on August 28, 2011, after officials opened floodgates to the Veterans Memorial Lake Dam in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene without closing the affected road.

Before the Court is a motion for judgment on the pleadings, pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(c), by Defendants Borough of Woodstown...

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