Legal Opinion
Bligen v. Jersey City Housing Authority
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 27, 1993PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
In this appeal we consider whether defendant, Jersey City Housing Authority (“JCHA”), is immune from liability for negligent snow removal under either the weather-immunity provision of the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:4-7, or the common-law immunity for public entities snow-removal activities. Both courts below found that the weather-immunity provision did not exempt JCHA from liability. However, the trial court held that plaintiff could not prevail because JCHA enjoys common-law immunity for its snow-removal activities. The…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Goldberg v. Housing Auth. of City of NewarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- Stewart v. 104 Wallace Street, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
- Rochinsky v. State of NJ, Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Mirza v. Filmore Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
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3Cited by33 opinions
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