LIPPMAN v. ETHICON, INC.

A-65-13, A-66-13 September Term 2013, 073324

119 A.3d 215 (2015)

222 N.J. 362

Joel S. LIPPMAN, M.D., Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. ETHICON, INC. and Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Dee argued the cause for appellants and cross-plaintiffs (McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, attorneys; Mr. Dee and Stephen F. Payerle , Newark, on the briefs).

Bruce P. McMoran argued the cause for plaintiff and cross-appellant (McMoran, O'Connor & Bramley, attorneys; Mr. McMoran and Michael F. O'Connor , Wall Township, on the briefs).

Adam N. Saravay argued the cause for amici curiae New Jersey Business & Industry Association, New Jersey Civil Justice Institute, Employers Association of New Jersey, New Jersey Defense Association and New Jersey Management Attorneys, Inc. (McCarter & English, Proskauer Rose , Gibbons, and Drinker Biddle & Reath, attorneys; Mr. Saravay, David R. Kott , Christopher S. Mayer , Mark A. Saloman , Daniel L. Saperstein , Allana M. Grinshteyn , Nicholas M. Tamburri , Joseph J. Sarno , Natalie H. Mantell , Michelle M. Bufano , Newark, Michelle G. Haas , John A. Ridley , and Lawrence J. Del Rossi , Florham Park, of counsel and on the briefs).

Andrew W. Dwyer argued the cause for amici curiae The New Jersey Work Environment Council, The New Jersey State Industrial Union Council, and 25 other environmental, labor, consumer and community organizations, and The New Jersey Association for Justice (The Dwyer Law Firm, Newark, Law Office of Bennett D. Zurofsky , and Schiffman, Abraham, Kaufman & Ritter, attorneys; Evan L. Goldman , of counsel; Mr. Dwyer, Mr. Zurofsky, Mr. Goldman, and Kristen Welsh Ragon , Hackensack, on the briefs).


Cross-petitions for certification were granted in this matter to address issues related to the application of the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA or Act), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -14, to so-called "watchdog" employees. More specifically, both petitions concern whether an employee...

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