Legal Opinion · Dissent
Wright v. State
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 31, 2001Published
1Dissent
SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.
(Va), dissenting.
I am unable to reconcile the Court’s conclusion that the State must defend and indemnify employees of a county prosecutor’s office for claims brought under the Tort Claims Act with the legislative mandate that the counties must bear all expenses of operation of the prosecutors’ offices. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.
N.J.S.A. 2A:158-7 provides:
All necessary expenses incurred by the prosecutor for each county in the detection, arrest, indictment and conviction of offenders against the laws shall, upon being certified to by the prosecutor and approved,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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