Trafton v. City of Woodbury

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• noting that § 1983 and NJCRA claims are in nearly all cases effectively identical and subject to the same elements, defenses, and limitations and are thus coterminous
• providing that to establish good faith immunity under the NJTCA, the public entity or employee must demonstrate “objective reasonableness” or that they behaved with “subjective good faith”
• analyzing NJCRA and § 1983 claims together and collecting cases that “repeatedly interpret[ the] NJCRA analogously to § 1983.”
• refraining from applying § 59:3-3 immunity pending the resolution of disputed issues of fact regarding the reasonableness of the defendant’s conduct
• entering summary judgment in favor of defendant police department sued under 1983
• granting summary judgment in favor of police department on same basis

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