PUGLIA v. ELK PIPELINE, INC.

No. A-38 September Term 2014, 075171.

141 A.3d 1187 (2016)

226 N.J. 258

Salvatore PUGLIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELK PIPELINE, INC., Elk Pipeline, Inc. t/a and/or d/b/a Crown Pipeline Construction Company, Crown Pipeline Construction Company, Thomas Mecouch, individually and as the corporate alter ego, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah L. Mains , Mount Laurel, argued the cause for appellant (Costello & Mains, attorneys).

Douglas Diaz argued the cause for respondents (Archer & Greiner, attorneys; Mr. Diaz and Tracy Asper Wolak , Haddonfield, on the brief).

Ravi Sattiraju argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Association of Justice.

John J. Sarno , Newark, argued the cause for amicus curiae Employers Association of New Jersey (FordHarrison, attorneys; Mr. Sarno and Mark A. Saloman , Berkeley Heights, of counsel and on the brief).


New Jersey has a significant body of statutory and decisional law protecting employee rights — protections that exist whether the employee is a union member or not. Among those are wage and hour and whistleblower protections. Facts that can give rise to a violation of those state-law protections...

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