Legal Opinion
Whitfield v. Bonanno Real Estate Group, Tryon Management Corp.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided May 12, 2011PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
MESSANO, J.A.D.
This appeal involves a question of first impression in New Jersey. Specifically, may plaintiff pursue a third-party action in negligence against a general partnership after receiving workers’ compensation benefits from her employer, a partner in that partnership? We conclude that the immunity provided by N.J.S.A. 84:15-8 does not bar plaintiffs third-party action against the partnership. We therefore affirm.
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