C.P. v. GOV. BODY OF JEHOVAH'S

DOCKET NO. A-1779-22.

304 A.3d 695 (2023)

477 N.J. Super. 129

C.P., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The GOVERNING BODY OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES and Fairlawn Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Defendants-Respondents, and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. and East Hackensack Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Defendants-Appellants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K & L Gates, LLP, attorneys for appellants ( Anthony P. La Rocco , Dana Beth Parker , and Reymond E. Yammine , Newark, on the briefs).

Rayna Elizabeth Kessler (Robins Kaplan LLP) and Elizabeth Cate (The Zalkin Law Firm, PC) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys for respondent C.P. (Rayna Elizabeth Kessler and Elizabeth Cate, on the brief).

Child USA and Victims' Recovery Law Center, attorneys for amicus curiae Child USA and The National Center for Victims of Crime ( Alice Rose Nasar Hanan and Keith West , on the brief).

Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, attorneys for amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice ( Eric G. Kahn , Springfield, of counsel and on the brief; Annabelle Moskol Steinhacker , on the brief).

Before Judges Currier, Firko, and Susswein.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

On leave granted in this child sexual abuse case, defendants Watchtower Bible and Trust Society of New York, Inc. (Watchtower) and East Hackensack Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Hackensack Congregation) (collectively defendants) appeal from the January 3, 2023 Law Division order...

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