Kowalsky v. Long Beach Township

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

In these diversity suits, plaintiffs Roman Kowalsky and Gary Petrillo appeal the district court’s grants of summary judgment on their claims for damages arising from tragic injuries suffered while they were swimming at New Jersey beaches. 1 Because we agree with the district court that under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, defendants, municipal entities and municipal employees, are entitled to immunity from liability as a matter of law, we will affirm.

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During mid-afternoon on September 2, 1990, Roman Kowalsky entered the ocean to go swimming at…