Legal Opinion

Estate v. Middlesex Cnty. & Piscataway Twp.

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

Decided February 27, 2018No. DOCKET NO. A–2477–16T2PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FUENTES, P.J.A.D.

*392Twenty-seven-year-old David Eric Yearby, an alleged mentally ill man, died strapped to a "restraint chair" in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility, approximately twenty-four hours after he was arrested for assault and resisting arrest by the local police department. The legal representative of his estate filed a multi-count civil suit against a number of public entities and their employees, including three nurses employed by the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility.

After joinder of issue, the nurses moved to dismiss with prejudice the counts in plaintiffs'…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Alan J. Cornblatt, PA v. BarowSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1998
  2. Hubbard Ex Rel. Hubbard v. ReedSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2001
  3. Ferreira v. Rancocas Orthopedic AssociatesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2003
  4. Johnson v. Cyklop Strapping Corp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1987
  5. Palanque v. Lambert-WoolleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 2001

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Patterson v. MONMOUTH REGIONAL H. SCHOOL BD. OF EDUC.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1987
  2. Doriana R. Gonzalez v. Maher IbrahimNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2024
  3. SEYMA O. LEVINE, ETC. VS. KINDRID HOSPITAL NEW JERSEY - MORRIS COUNTY (L-1965-16, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2019
  4. STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JEREMIE FABER (17-036, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2020
  5. STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JEREMIE FABER (17-036, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2020

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