· 5/12/2006
RCN of New Jersey, Inc. v. Director, Division of Taxation
Citations
- 23 N.J. Tax 22
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- describing an available cause of action for prison officials’ tortious acts in the performance of ministerial duties, while concluding that a now-repealed portion of the statute that barred such an action during incarceration deprived a prisoner of a protected property right
- statute enabling prisoners to recover for deprivations after their release deemed inadequate because not long term inmates had no opportunity to sue
- statute enabling prisoners to recover for deprivations after their release deemed inadequate because not long term inmates had no opportunity to sue
- under the NJTCA, “prison inmates are entitled, as they were at common law, to a cause of action against prison officials and other public employees for injuries resulting from tortious acts committed during the performance of duties of a ministerial nature”
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Judges: Kuskin
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