LONGO v. PLEASURE PRODUCTIONS, INC.

A-37 September Term 2011, 069257

71 A.3d 775 (2013)

215 N.J. 48

Doreen LONGO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PLEASURE PRODUCTIONS, INC., International Video Distributors, L.L.C., Frank Koretsky, Christopher J. Curylo, Michael Savage, David ("Bo") Pezzullo, and Marc Kercheval, Defendants, and East Coast News Corp., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis V. Cook argued the cause for appellant ( Fox Rothschild , attorneys; Mr. Cook, Jonathan D. Weiner, Abbey True Harris , and Jonathan D. Ash , Lawrenceville, on the briefs).

Andrew W. Dwyer argued the cause for respondent (The Dwyer Law Firm, attorneys; Mr. Dwyer and La Toya L. Barrett , Newark, on the brief).


Judge RODRÍGUEZ (temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, we address the adequacy of a jury instruction on punitive or exemplary damages in the context of a claim pursuant to the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8. Specifically, we address the necessity of an "upper management" jury instruction as defined in Cavuoti v. New Jersey Transit Corp., 161 N.J....

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