Legal Opinion
Van Horn v. City of Trenton
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 16, 1979PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mountain, J.
This action was initiated by Dwight Yan Horn, a Trenton police officer, to compel reimbursement following a refusal by the City of Trenton to indemnify him for expenses incurred in obtaining legal services which he deemed necessary while he was the subject of a grand jury investigation. Yan Horn bases his claim on N. J. 8. A. 40A: 14^155, which requires a municipality to provide the means of defense whenever certain legal proceedings are instituted against a member of its police force. In addition, plaintiff seeks the award of attorney’s…
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