Legal Opinion
Fuchilla v. Layman
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 8, 1988PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, Justice.
This appeal concerns the applicability of the notice provisions of the Tort Claims Act (the Act), N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, 9, to discrimination claims brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (section 1983), and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (the Law), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42. Plaintiff, Anne Fuchilla, sued under both statutes, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and its Board of Trustees (UMDNJ) moved to dismiss the complaint because of her failure to satisfy the notice provisions of the…
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