Clarke v. Township of Mount Laurel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

WALLACE, JR, J.A.D.

Decedent was fatally shot by the police after he brandished a weapon inside his parents’ home. Plaintiffs filed these wrongful death actions against individual police officers and the Township of Mount Laurel. The separate complaints were consolidated pursu*364ant to an order dated April 19,1999. Defendants sought summary judgment, relying on good faith immunity in the enforcement of any law under N.J.S.A 59:3-3. The Law Division judge agreed and dismissed plaintiffs’ complaint. On appeal, plaintiffs contend it was error to dismiss their…