Troth v. State

Appellant Marie R. Troth was seriously injured and her husband was killed when they went over a dam in their boat. She sued the State of New Jersey, which owned the lake on which they had been fishing, for her husband’s wrongful death, *281N.J.S.A. 2A:31-1 to -6, and for her personal injuries. The Law Division denied the State’s motion for summary judgment. The Appellate Division reversed, 222 N.J.Super. 420 (1988), holding that the State was immune for injuries caused by a condition of unimproved property, id. at 424-27, and by the absence of supervision, id. at 427. The majority reverses the…