Ayers v. Jackson Tp.
| Court | United States State Supreme Court (New Jersey) |
| Writing for the Court | STEIN; HANDLER |
| Citation | 106 N.J. 557,525 A.2d 287 |
| Decision Date | 07 May 1987 |
| Parties | , 25 ERC 1953, 76 A.L.R.4th 571, 55 USLW 2620, 17 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,858 Robert AYERS and Mae Ayers; Warren J. Adelung, Jr., Cheryl Adelung, and Jill Adelung, by her guardian ad litem, Warren J. Adelung, Jr.; Chris Baralus, Joyce Baralus, and Stella Baralus; John Bortolometti, Martha Bortolometti, and Adam Bortolometti, by his guardian ad litem, John Bortolometti; Carl L. Battaglia, Denise Battaglia, and Sherry Ann and Joseph Peter Battaglia, by their guardian ad litem, Carl L. Battaglia; Theodore R. Beekman and Holly Beekman and Jacqueline and Jeffrey Beekman, by their guardian ad litem, Theodore R. Beekman; Anthony Bender, Marjorie Bender, David Bender, and Scott, James and Steven Bender, by their guardian ad litem, Anthony Bender; Reginald Benesch, Kathleen Benesch, and Kelly and Reggie Benesch, by their guardian ad litem, Reginald Benesch; Bruce R. Bidwell; Daniel Bodnarchuk, Margaret Bodnarchuk, and Matthew Bodnarchuk, by his guardian ad litem, Daniel Bodnarchuk; Anthony Bracco, Jo Ann Bracco, and Lori Ann, Stephanie and Michelle Bracco, by their guardian ad litem, Anthony Bracco; Louis Brandenberg, Patricia Brandenberg, Tami Brandenberg, and Rebecca, Melissa, and Jack Brandenberg, by their guardian ad litem, Louis Brandenberg; Clarence Brownlee, Gayle Brownlee, and Matthew and Adam Brownlee, by their guardian ad litem, Clarence Brownlee; Gary J. Burns; Angelo Christo and Marie Christo; Mildred M. Clayton; James Coburn, Judy Coburn and James, Jr., and Jennifer Coburn, by their guardian ad litem, James Coburn; Richard Cope, Christine Cope and Jason Cope, by his guardian ad litem, Richard Cope; Gerald Cribb and Linda Cribb; Joseph Cristantiello, Yvonne Cristantiello, and Gina, John and Patricia Caroccia, by their guardian ad litem, Joseph Cristantiello; Peter J. Cullari; Teresa Davis and Christina Davis, a/k/a Concetta Francesca Davis, by her guardian ad litem, Teresa Davis; Martin Dean, Bernice Dean, and Jerome, Steven and Robert Harrelson, by their guardian ad l |
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A.L.R.4th 571, 55 USLW 2620,
17 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,858
Adelung, and Jill Adelung, by her guardian ad litem, Warren
J. Adelung, Jr.; Chris Baralus, Joyce Baralus, and Stella
Baralus; John Bortolometti, Martha Bortolometti, and Adam
Bortolometti, by his guardian ad litem, John Bortolometti;
Carl L. Battaglia, Denise Battaglia, and Sherry Ann and
Joseph Peter Battaglia, by their guardian ad litem, Carl L.
Battaglia; Theodore R. Beekman and Holly Beekman and
Jacqueline and Jeffrey Beekman, by their guardian ad litem,
Theodore R. Beekman; Anthony Bender, Marjorie Bender, David
Bender, and Scott, James and Steven Bender, by their
guardian ad litem, Anthony Bender; Reginald Benesch,
Kathleen Benesch, and Kelly and Reggie Benesch, by their
guardian ad litem, Reginald Benesch; Bruce R. Bidwell;
Daniel Bodnarchuk, Margaret Bodnarchuk, and Matthew
Bodnarchuk, by his guardian ad litem, Daniel Bodnarchuk;
Anthony Bracco, Jo Ann Bracco, and Lori Ann, Stephanie and
Michelle Bracco, by their guardian ad litem, Anthony Bracco;
Louis Brandenberg, Patricia Brandenberg, Tami Brandenberg,
and Rebecca, Melissa, and Jack Brandenberg, by their
guardian ad litem, Louis Brandenberg; Clarence Brownlee,
Gayle Brownlee, and Matthew and Adam Brownlee, by their
guardian ad litem, Clarence Brownlee; Gary J. Burns;
Angelo Christo and Marie Christo; Mildred M. Clayton;
James Coburn, Judy Coburn and James, Jr., and Jennifer
Coburn, by their guardian ad litem, James Coburn; Richard
Cope, Christine Cope and Jason Cope, by his guardian ad
litem, Richard Cope; Gerald Cribb and Linda Cribb; Joseph
Cristantiello, Yvonne Cristantiello, and Gina, John and
Patricia Caroccia, by their guardian ad litem, Joseph
Cristantiello; Peter J. Cullari; Teresa Davis and
Christina Davis, a/k/a Concetta Francesca Davis, by her
guardian ad litem, Teresa Davis; Martin Dean, Bernice Dean,
and Jerome, Steven and Robert Harrelson, by their guardian
ad litem, Martin Dean; Joseph A. DeAngelo and Janice
DeAngelo; Elizabeth DeWaard and Arie DeWaard and Jolanda
DeWaard, by her guardian ad litem, Arie DeWaard; Joseph
DeVito, Joann DeVito and Michelle, Lenore and Joseph DeVito,
by their guardian ad litem, Joseph DeVito; Vera Djambinov
and Anna Djambinov; Kevin F. Doyle, Joann Doyle and James
Doyle, by his guardian ad litem, Kevin Doyle; George
Eckelson, Patricia Eckelson and John Eckelson, by his
guardian ad litem, George Eckelson; Robert Etling,
Elizabeth Etling and Keith and Robin Ann Etling, by their
guardian ad litem, Robert Etling; John H. Floystrop and
Linda, Deborah, David, James and Kenneth Floystrop, by their
guardian ad litem, John H. Floystrop; Stephen Forgus, Jr.,
Rosemary Forgus and Stephen, III, by his guardian ad litem,
Stephen Forgus, Jr.; Frederick Gattola; John Gerdes and
Patricia Gerdes and Kathleen, John D. and Robert Gerdes, by
their guardian ad litem, John Gerdes; Robert Grillo, Adele
Grillo and Gina Grillo,
by her guardian ad litem, Robert Grillo; Gary L. Gundacker,
Janice M. Gundacker and Amy and Adam Gundacker, by their
guardian ad litem, Gary L. Gundacker; Forrest Harpe and
Else Harpe, Robert Helle and Else Helle and Julie Helle, by
her guardian ad litem, Robert Helle; Mark E. Hayward, Susan
Hayward and Mark E. Hayward, III, by his guardian ad litem,
Mark E. Hayward; Edwin L. Keil and Marianne Keil and Edwin
Keil, Jr., by his guardian ad litem, Edwin L. Keil; Robert
Kelemen and Arlene Kelemen and Michael Kelemen, by his
guardian ad litem, Robert Kelemen; Joseph E. Kelly,
Anneliese Kelly and Sandra Kelly; Betty Ann Kemerle and
Steven and Christina Kemerle, by their guardian ad litem,
Betty Ann Kemerle; Arne Kjems, Else Kjems, Inge Lisa Kjems,
and Arne, Jr., and Donna Marie Kjems, by their guardian ad
litem, Arne Kjems; Edward Korzenok and Julia Korzenok and
Christine Ann and Karen Lee Korzenok, by their guardian ad
litem, Edward Korzenok; James Lafkas and Helen Lafkas;
Joseph LaMonica, Peggy LaMonica, Joseph LaMonica, Jr., Lisa
and Jennifer LaMonica, by their guardian ad litem, Joseph
LaMonica; Kenneth C. LaPlante and Celeste LaPlante; J.
Peter Leighton, Elayne A. Leighton and Sandra Claire
Leighton, by her guardian ad litem, J. Peter Leighton;
Richard Lindes and Mavis Lindes; Pearl Lippincott; William
J. Lodato and Patricia C. Lodato and Robin Aumack and Brian
Aumack, by their guardian ad litem, William J. Lodato; Paul
Logue and Mary Logue; Michael Luster, Erna Luster and
Christine and Cathryn Luster, by their guardian ad litem,
Michael Luster; Anthony Massaro, Phyllis Massaro and
Anthony, III and Teresa Ann Massaro, by their guardian ad
litem, Anthony Massaro; Theodore Mayo and Eileen Mayo and
Robert Mayo, by his guardian ad litem, Theodore Mayo; James
McCarthy, Susan McCarthy and Trevor and Dana McCarthy, by
their guardian ad litem James McCarthy; and Tara McCarthy,
by her administrator ad prosequendum, James McCarthy;
Francis McElroy; Donald McGee and Susan McGee; Gordon
McKinnon and Patricia McKinnon; R. David Merrill and Ruth
Merrill; Eugene D. Mills, Sandra J. Mills and Wayne and
Eric Mills, by their guardian ad litem, Eugene D. Mills;
Dennis Moore, Margaret Moore and Scott Moore, by his
guardian ad litem, Dennis Moore; John Mullen, Diane Mullen
and John, Jr., and Joyce Mullen, by their guardian ad litem,
John Mullen; Norman Myers, Hannah Myers and Mark, David and
Ilana Myers, by their guardian ad litem, Norman Myers;
Gilbert Ochs, Eleanor Ochs, Margaret Rickert and Debbie
Ochs, by her guardian ad litem, Gilbert Ochs, Michael
Palocin, Jean Palocin and Michael J. and Michelle Jean
Palocin, by their guardian ad litem, Michael Palocin;
Patrick Piaggio and Francis Piaggio and Jeannette Piaggio,
by her guardian ad litem, Patrick Piaggio; Bruce Reinartsen
and Joyce Reinartsen and Bruce Reinartsen, III, by his
guardian ad litem, Bruce Reinartsen; Joseph Reisinger and
Odette Reisinger; Ismael Rodriguez, Brigid Rodriguez and
Ismael, Jr., Richard and
William Rodriguez, by their guardian ad litem, Ismael
Rodriguez; Renardo Romano and Joyce Romano and Ra and
Carina Romano, by their guardian ad liem Renardo Romano and
Ronald Romano, by his administrator ad prosequendum, Renardo
Romano; Joseph Romeo, Debra Romeo and Rocco and Adena
Romeo, by their guardian ad litem, Joseph Romeo; Vincent
Salek, Marlene Salek, Karen Salek and Vincent Salek, by his
guardian ad litem, Vincent Salek; William W. Schadewald,
Linda Schadewald and Linda, Donna and William F. Schadewald,
by their guardian ad litem, William W. Schadewald; Wayne E.
Schroth, Marie Schroth and Gerard and Marc Schroth, by their
guardian ad litem, Wayne E. Schroth; David Skelton, Eleanor
Skelton and David Skelton, by his guadian ad litem, David
Skelton; Joseph Smedley and Maureen Smedley; Frank P.
Spano and Carmella Spano; Gus Stamos, Karen Stamos and
Helen, John and Ourania Stamos, by their guardian ad litem,
Gus Stamos; John P. Stamos and Sylvia Stamos; James
Swanson, Sheila Swanson and Tighe and Brenn Swanson, by
their guardian ad litem, James Swanson; Laslo Takacs and
Margaret Takacs; Ernest Tobias and Cynthia Tobias; Bello
Toth, Patricia Toth, and Michelle and Robert Toth, by their
guardian ad litem, Bello Toth; Barbara and Kathleen Treacy,
by their guardian ad litem, Brian Treacy; Henry Tyranski,
Joanne Tyranski and Kimberly, Troy and Martin Tyranski, by
their guardian ad litem, Henry Tyranski; Charles Untisz and
Mary Untisz; John M. Urgo and Diana M. Urgo and
John Urgo, by his guardian ad litem, John M. Urgo; Ronald
Van Note, Nancy Van Note and Ronald Van Note, Jr., by his
guardian ad litem, Ronald Van Note; Frank Vilardi and
Concetta Vilardi; Michael Wallace and Judith Wallace;
Richard A. Wendt and Linda Wendt and Melinda and Lauri
Wendt, by their guardian ad litem, Richard A. Wendt;
William Wheeler and Joan Wheeler; Margaret Wojciechowski
and Gregory Wojciechowski; Michael Adelung, by his guardian
ad litem, Warren J. Adelung, Jr.; Toni Ann Bracco, by her
guardian ad litem, Anthony Bracco; Michael Cope by his
guardian ad litem, Richard Cope; Eli Djambinov and Nancy
Djambinov; Richard Eckelson; Jennifer Grillo, by her
guardian ad litem, Robert Grillo; Christine Helle, by her
guardian ad litem, Robert Helle; Frederick Kelly; Kenneth
Lindes and Douglas Lindes, by their guardian ad litem,
Richard Lindes; Christine M. McElroy; John McKinnon, by
his guardian ad litem Gordon McKinnon; Brian Moore, by his
guardian ad litem Dennis Moore; Carlos A. Rodriguez, Carmen
N. Rodriguez and Carlos D. Rodriguez by his guardian ad
litem, Carlos A. Rodriguez; Jennifer Smedley, by her
guardian ad litem, Joseph Smedley; Jason J. Tobias, by his
guardian ad litem, Ernest Tobias; Brian Treacy and Virginia
Treacy; Denise Untisz and Christine, by their guardian ad
litem, Charles Untisz; William F. Wheeler, by his guardian
ad litem, William Wheeler; Deborah Wojciechowski; Kathleen
Fox and Jerome Fox, by his guardian ad litem, Kathleen Fox,
Plaintiffs-Appellants
and Cross-Respondents,
v.
TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, a municipal corporation of the State of
New Jersey, Defendant-Respondent and Cross-Appellant.
Decided May 7, 1987.
[525 A.2d 290]
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Steven J. Phillips, New York City, and Arnold C. Lakind, Lawrenceville, for plaintiffs-appellants and cross-respondents (Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, New York City, and Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Watter & Blader, Lawrenceville,Page 565
attorneys; Steven J. Phillips, New York City, Arnold [525 A.2d 291] C. Lakind, Lawrenceville, and Donald I. Marlin, New York City, on the briefs).James Stewart, Roseland, and H. Curtis Meanor, for defendant-respondent and cross-appellant (Podvey, Sachs, Meanor & Catenacci, Newark, attorneys).
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
STEIN, Justice.
In this case we consider the application of the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (the Act), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 12-3, to the claims...
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242 practice notes
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Carlino v. Gloucester City High School, No. CIV.A. 98-2799.
...in the absence of physical injury, a plaintiff cannot recover damages for mental or emotional distress. See Ayers v. Township of Jackson, 106 N.J. 557, 577, 525 A.2d 287 (1987) (holding that "the [New Jersey] legislature has expressly determined that the pain and suffering occasioned by .........
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Eggert v. Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1, Civil No. 94-4254 (GEB).
...distress and mental trauma that does not result from a permanently debilitating or disfiguring physical injury. Ayers v. Jackson Tp., 106 N.J. 557, 577, 525 A.2d 287 (1987). Accordingly, merely subjective symptoms of anxiety, nervousness and depression unaccompanied by requisite indicia of ......
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Kelly v. Cb&I Constructors, Inc., No. B205735.
...of property by a person in possession'"]; Hawkins v. Scituate Oil Co. (R.I. 1999) 723 A.2d 771, 772-773; Ayers v. Jackson Tp. (1987) 106 N.J. 557 [525 A.2d 287, 294]; see Webster v. Boone, supra, 992 P.2d at p. 1186; Banford v. Aldrich Chem. Co. (2008) 180 Ohio App. 3d 107 [2008 Ohio 6837, ......
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Aas v. William Lyon Co.
...be a more appropriate mechanism for compensating plaintiffs in a toxic exposure case. [Citation.] [] In Ayers [v. Jackson Tp. (N.J. 1987)] 525 A.2d 287, 314, the court observed: 'Although conventional damage awards do not restrict plaintiffs in the use of money paid as compensatory damages,......
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Carlino v. Gloucester City High School, No. CIV.A. 98-2799.
...in the absence of physical injury, a plaintiff cannot recover damages for mental or emotional distress. See Ayers v. Township of Jackson, 106 N.J. 557, 577, 525 A.2d 287 (1987) (holding that "the [New Jersey] legislature has expressly determined that the pain and suffering occasioned by .........
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Eggert v. Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1, Civil No. 94-4254 (GEB).
...distress and mental trauma that does not result from a permanently debilitating or disfiguring physical injury. Ayers v. Jackson Tp., 106 N.J. 557, 577, 525 A.2d 287 (1987). Accordingly, merely subjective symptoms of anxiety, nervousness and depression unaccompanied by requisite indicia of ......
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Kelly v. Cb&I Constructors, Inc., No. B205735.
...of property by a person in possession'"]; Hawkins v. Scituate Oil Co. (R.I. 1999) 723 A.2d 771, 772-773; Ayers v. Jackson Tp. (1987) 106 N.J. 557 [525 A.2d 287, 294]; see Webster v. Boone, supra, 992 P.2d at p. 1186; Banford v. Aldrich Chem. Co. (2008) 180 Ohio App. 3d 107 [2008 Ohio 6837, ......
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Aas v. William Lyon Co.
...be a more appropriate mechanism for compensating plaintiffs in a toxic exposure case. [Citation.] [] In Ayers [v. Jackson Tp. (N.J. 1987)] 525 A.2d 287, 314, the court observed: 'Although conventional damage awards do not restrict plaintiffs in the use of money paid as compensatory damages,......
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Courts as Policymakers: The Uneven Justice of Asbestos Mass Tort Litigation
...feasible to pursue deep-pocketed asbestos even while rejecting related claims. Id. at 839; see also Ayers v. Twnshp. of Jackson, 525 A.2d 287 (N.J. 1987) (allowing recovery for medical monitoring without physical injury in a seminal toxic-tort case). 129. Henderson & Twerski, supra note 125......
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American Law Institute Proposes Controversial Medical Monitoring Rule in Final Part of Torts Restatement.
...supreme court the question of whether a claim for medical monitoring absent a physical injury exists). (xxx) Ayers v. Township of Jackson, 525 A.2d 287, 312 (N.J. 1987) (public nuisance case holding "the cost of medical surveillance is a compensable item of damages where the proofs demonstr......
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Being Small in a Supersized World: Tackling the Problem of Low-Level Exposures in Toxic Tort Actions
...N.E.2d 824, 836, 11 ELR 20698 (Ill. 1981) (threat of contamination is suicient to warrant injunctive relief); Ayers v. Twp. of Jackson, 525 A.2d 287, 308, 17 ELR 20858 (N.J. 1987) (likelihood that plaintif will develop illness must be reasonably certain; evidence of risk must be quantiied b......
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Responding to Climate-Related Harms: A Role for the Courts?
...when the plaintif could not identify the speciic manufacturer of the DES that caused her injuries). 49. Ayers v. Township of Jackson, 525 A.2d 287 (N.J. 1987) (allowing plaintifs with signiicant exposure to toxic chemicals to recover the costs of medical monitoring for the onset of disease)......
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