Sikes v. Township of Rockaway

CourtUnited States State Supreme Court (New Jersey)
Writing for the CourtPER CURIAM
Citation648 A.2d 482,138 N.J. 41
PartiesDonald R. SIKES, Jr., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TOWNSHIP OF ROCKAWAY and John C. Doll, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.
Decision Date27 October 1994

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138 N.J. 41
648 A.2d 482
Donald R. SIKES, Jr., Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
TOWNSHIP OF ROCKAWAY and John C. Doll, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.
Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Argued Oct. 11, 1994.
Decided Oct. 27, 1994.

James J. Higgins, Morristown, for appellant (Boyar, Higgins & Suozzo, attorneys).

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Paul M. Selitto, Denville, for respondent (Pitman, Senesky, Nicola & Selitto, attorneys).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 269 N.J.Super. 463, 635 A.2d 1004 (1994).

For Affirmance--Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices CLIFFORD, HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI and STEIN--7.

Opposed--None.

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  • Pinkowski v. Township of Montclair
    • United States
    • Superior Court of New Jersey
    • April 7, 1997
    ...the governmental entity. N.J.S.A. 59:9-2e; Sikes v. Township of Rockaway, 269 N.J.Super. 463, 466, 635 A.2d 1004 (App.Div.), aff'd, 138 N.J. 41, 648 A.2d 482 Accordingly, N.J.S.A. 59:9-2e "has been construed to bar an action where an insurance company has paid its named insured the amount o......
  • Faulk v. Martucci, DOCKET NO. A-2234-19T1
    • United States
    • Superior Court of New Jersey
    • January 26, 2021
    ...1266 Apartment Corp., 368 N.J. Super. at 459 (citing Sikes v. Twp. of Rockaway, 269 N.J. Super. 463, 465-66 (App. Div.), aff'd, o.b., 138 N.J. 41 (1994)); see Park Crest Cleaners, LLC v. A Plus Cleaners and Alterations Corporation, 458 N.J. Super. 465, 472 (App. Div. 2019) (noting that "a p......
  • L.L. v. M.V., DOCKET NO. A-2281-18T2
    • United States
    • New Jersey Superior Court – Appellate Division
    • August 12, 2020
    ...did not raise the issue in his notice of appeal and he failed to file a relevant trial transcript with his appeal),Page 29 aff'd o.b., 138 N.J. 41 (1994); see also Nieder v. Royal Indem. Ins., 62 N.J. 229, 234 (1973) ("[A]ppellate courts will decline to consider questions or issues not prop......
  • Moody v. Voorhees Care & Rehab. Ctr., DOCKET NO. A-5561-18
    • United States
    • New Jersey Superior Court – Appellate Division
    • February 17, 2021
    ...Div.) (holding that an issue raised in a brief but not designated in the notice of appeal was not properly before the court), aff'd o.b., 138 N.J. 41 (1994). See also Silviera-Francisco v. Bd. of Educ. of Elizabeth, 224 N.J. 126, 142 (2016)Page 29 (stating an order "clearly identified [in a......
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  • Pinkowski v. Township of Montclair
    • United States
    • Superior Court of New Jersey
    • April 7, 1997
    ...the governmental entity. N.J.S.A. 59:9-2e; Sikes v. Township of Rockaway, 269 N.J.Super. 463, 466, 635 A.2d 1004 (App.Div.), aff'd, 138 N.J. 41, 648 A.2d 482 Accordingly, N.J.S.A. 59:9-2e "has been construed to bar an action where an insurance company has paid its named insured the amount o......
  • Faulk v. Martucci, DOCKET NO. A-2234-19T1
    • United States
    • Superior Court of New Jersey
    • January 26, 2021
    ...1266 Apartment Corp., 368 N.J. Super. at 459 (citing Sikes v. Twp. of Rockaway, 269 N.J. Super. 463, 465-66 (App. Div.), aff'd, o.b., 138 N.J. 41 (1994)); see Park Crest Cleaners, LLC v. A Plus Cleaners and Alterations Corporation, 458 N.J. Super. 465, 472 (App. Div. 2019) (noting that "a p......
  • L.L. v. M.V., DOCKET NO. A-2281-18T2
    • United States
    • New Jersey Superior Court – Appellate Division
    • August 12, 2020
    ...did not raise the issue in his notice of appeal and he failed to file a relevant trial transcript with his appeal),Page 29 aff'd o.b., 138 N.J. 41 (1994); see also Nieder v. Royal Indem. Ins., 62 N.J. 229, 234 (1973) ("[A]ppellate courts will decline to consider questions or issues not prop......
  • Moody v. Voorhees Care & Rehab. Ctr., DOCKET NO. A-5561-18
    • United States
    • New Jersey Superior Court – Appellate Division
    • February 17, 2021
    ...Div.) (holding that an issue raised in a brief but not designated in the notice of appeal was not properly before the court), aff'd o.b., 138 N.J. 41 (1994). See also Silviera-Francisco v. Bd. of Educ. of Elizabeth, 224 N.J. 126, 142 (2016)Page 29 (stating an order "clearly identified [in a......
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