N.J. Stat. Ann. § 59:3-14

Public employee immunity--exception

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Holman v. Hilton (1983)

Most recently applied in Bellocchio v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (April 2014)

L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:3-14.

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a. Nothing in this act shall exonerate a public employee from liability if it is established that his conduct was outside the scope of his employment or constituted a crime, actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct.

b. Nothing in this act shall exonerate a public employee from the full measure of recovery applicable to a person in the private sector if it is established that his conduct was outside the scope of his employment or constituted a crime, actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct.

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