This subtitle shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act."
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 59:1-1
Short title
Known as the New Jersey Tort Claims Act
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. (1981)
Most recently applied in Richard Kaplan v. Thomas Miller (June 2016)
L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:1-1.
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