Fried v. Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DWYER, J. A. D.

On cross-motions for summary judgment the trial judge held that the Veterans’ Tenure Act, N.J.S.A. 38:16-1 et seq., did not apply to plaintiff David M. Fried in his position as executive director of defendant Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority (Authority), a corporation organized under N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq., and dismissed Fried’s action in lieu of prerogative writs challenging his termination without a hearing or establishing cause. Fried filed a timely appeal.

The following facts are not disputed. Fried was an honorably…