GREENBERG v. PRYSZLAK

Docket No. A-5925-10T1

46 A.3d 591 (2012)

426 N.J. Super. 591

Richard GREENBERG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. New Jersey State Police Trooper Nicholas J. PRYSZLAK, New Jersey State Police Sergeant Steven M. Jones, New Jersey State Police, Peter Moran, Jr., and Oil Station, Inc., Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose W. Hernandez argued the cause for appellant (The Ferrara Law Firm, LLC, attorneys; Michael A. Ferrara, Jr. , Cherry Hill, on the brief).

Roshan D. Shah , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents Pryszlak, Jones, and the New Jersey State Police ( Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General, attorney; Lewis A. Scheindlin , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Shah , on the brief).

Erin R. Thompson , Tuckahoe, argued the cause for respondents Moran and Oil Station, Inc. (Powell, Birchmeier & Powell, attorneys; Ms. Thompson , on the brief).

Before Judges FISHER, BAXTER and NUGENT.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FISHER, P.J.A.D.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial judge erred in summarily dismissing plaintiff's claims of, among other things, false imprisonment, false arrest, federal and state constitutional violations, and common law torts, in connection with his arrest by a New Jersey State trooper based on suspicion that he had passed a bad check. Because pivotal questions about the propriety of plaintiff's arrest...

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