Legal Opinion
Gilhooley v. County of Union
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 11, 2000PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
LONG, J.
Once again we are faced with the issue of whether a particular injury constitutes the “permanent loss of a bodily function” within the meaning of the Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 59:12-3, so as to justify the award of pain and suffering damages under N.J.S.A. 59:9-2(d).
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In 1994, plaintiff, Catherine Gilhooley, was employed as a clinical social worker for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs(‘VA”). In that capacity, Mrs. Gilhooley was responsible for supervising the VA’s methadone maintenance clinic in Newark. As part of her…
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