Legal Opinion
Longo v. Pleasure Productions, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 24, 2013PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge RODRÍGUEZ
(temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this appeal, we address the adequacy of a jury instruction on punitive or exemplary damages in the context of a claim pursuant to the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8. Specifically, we address the necessity of an “upper management” jury instruction as defined in Cavuoti v. New Jersey Transit Corp., 161 N.J. 107, 122-28, 735 A.2d 548 (1999), in order to sustain such an award. Our analysis leads to the conclusions that: (1) an upper management jury instruction was necessary…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Kolstad v. American Dental Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Lehmann v. Toys 'R' US, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
- Abbamont v. Piscataway Township Board of EducationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1994
- Nappe v. Anschelewitz, Barr, Ansell & BonelloSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
- Cavuoti v. New Jersey Transit Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1999
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- L.T. v. F.M.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2014
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- Brian Sullivan v. the Port Authority of New York andNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2017
- COHEN v. BH MEDIA GROUP, INC.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2019
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