New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 3/9/1994

Catalane v. Gilian Instrument

Citations

638 A.2d 1341
271 N.J. Super. 476

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

finding that the trial court did not err in leaving the question of whether plaintiff was similarly situated to other employees to the jury
stating that \supplementary common law causes of action may not go to the jury when a statutory remedy under the [NJ]LAD exists\
holding \supplementary common law causes of action may not go to the jury when a statutory remedy under the LAD exists\
\punitive damages are only to be awarded in exceptional cases even where the LAD has been violated\
court upheld trial court's decision to grant new trial on damages under the LAD because $250,000 award for emotional distress \shocked the conscience\ of the trial judge
“punitive damages are only to be awarded in exceptional cases even where the LAD has been violated”

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Judges: Judges Shebell, Long and Landau

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