PUGLIESE v. STATE-OP. SCHL. DIST.

Docket No. A-0857-13T2, A-1012-13T2

114 A.3d 786 (2015)

440 N.J. Super. 501

Felicia PUGLIESE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE-OPERATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, Defendant-Respondent. Edgard Chavez, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State-Operated School District of the City of Newark, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Friedman argued the cause for appellant Felicia Pugliese (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, attorneys; Mr. Friedman, Summit, of counsel and on the brief; Marissa A. McAleer , Newark, on the brief).

Jason E. Sokolowski argued the cause for appellant Edgard Chavez (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, attorneys; Mr. Sokolowski, of counsel and on the brief).

Brenda C. Liss argued the cause for respondent (Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, attorneys; Ms. Liss, Morristown, of counsel and on the brief; John Atkin , Morristown, on the brief).

Before Judges KOBLITZ, HAAS and HIGBEE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

In these appeals from termination, which we consolidate for the purposes of this opinion, tenured teachers Felicia Pugliese and Edgard Chavez assert that their legal defenses were not considered by the Commissioner of Education, the arbitrator hearing the case, or the trial court...

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