ROBINSON v. VIVIRITO

A-63 September Term 2012, 072407

86 A.3d 119 (2014)

217 N.J. 199

Charlotte ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Frank VIVIRITO, Frankie Keller, Buena Regional School District Board of Education, and Kenneth S. Nelson, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. Giordano , Trenton, argued the cause for appellants (Lenox, Socey, Formidoni, Giordano, Cooley, Lang & Casey, attorneys; Michael Pattanite, Jr. , on the briefs).

Melville D. Lide , Vineland, argued the cause for respondent (Radano & Lide, attorneys).


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

In this appeal we revisit the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 12-3, to determine the temporal and physical limits of the duty of a school principal to protect third parties passing across school property. Here, a woman used the school yard as a short-cut to reach a local diner. As she walked across the grounds, a stray dog attacked...

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