N.J. Stat. Ann. § 59:8-3

Claims for damages against public entities; inapplicability

Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Brennan v. Norton (2003)

Most recently applied in Estate of Martin v. United States Marshals Service Agents (May 2016)

amended 1994, c.49, s.2; 2019, c.120, s.8.

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Claims for damages against public entities. a. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no action shall be brought against a public entity or public employee under this act unless the claim upon which it is based shall have been presented in accordance with the procedure set forth in this chapter.

b. The procedural requirements of this chapter shall not apply to an action at law for an injury resulting from the commission of sexual assault, any other crime of a sexual nature, a prohibited sexual act as defined in section 2 of P.L.1992, c.7 (C.2A:30B-2), or sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of P.L.1992, c.109 (C.2A:61B-1).

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