THIGPEN v. CITY OF EAST ORANGE

DOCKET NO. A-0456-07T2.

974 A.2d 1126 (2009)

408 N.J. Super. 331

Sanford THIGPEN, Plaintiff/Cross-Appellant, and Francis Deherde, Plaintiff-Respondent, and Fred Kearse and Frank Michetti, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF EAST ORANGE, East Orange Board of Police Commissioners, East Orange Police Department, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Respondents, and Virginia M. Cross, William A. Garvin, and Norman Price, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruderman & Glickman, P.C., attorneys for appellants/cross-respondents (Steven S. Glickman, Springfield, of counsel and on the brief).

Eldridge Hawkins LLC, East Orange, attorney for respondent Francis DeHerde and cross-appellant Sanford Thigpen (Mr. Hawkins, on the brief).

Before Judges PAYNE, NEWMAN and ASHRAFI.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PAYNE, J.A.D.

Defendants, City of East Orange, East Orange Board of Police Commissioners and East Orange Police Department, appeal from a final judgment awarding damages in the amount of $592,628 to plaintiff, Francis DeHerde, a retired East Orange police officer, for back salary and past and future pension benefits owed to him for alleged service as a de facto police sergeant or lieutenant, supervising the Traffic...

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