Weeks v. City of Newark, A--69

Citation168 A.2d 11,34 N.J. 250
Decision Date20 February 1961
Docket NumberNo. A--69,A--69
PartiesRichard WEEKS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF NEWARK, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendant-Appellant.
CourtUnited States State Supreme Court (New Jersey)

On appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 62 N.J.Super. 166, 162 A.2d 314.

Thomas M. Kane, Newark, for appellant (Vincent P. Torppey, Newark, attorney, Jacob M. Goldberg, Newark, of counsel).

Milton Yormark, Newark, for respondent (Zarin & Yormark, Newark, attorneys).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed for the reasons expressed in the opinion of Judge Goldmann in the court below.

For affirmance: Chief Justice WEINTRAUB and Justices JACOBS, FRANCIS, PROCTOR, HALL and SCHETTINO--6.

For reversal: None.

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  • Morash & Sons, Inc. v. Com.
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • 14 Mayo 1973
    ...they are 'as logical as those governing French irregular verbs.' Weeks v. Newark, 62 N.J.Super. 166, 178, 162 A.2d 314, 321, affd., 34 N.J. 250, 168 A.2d 11, quoting from Seasongood, Municipal Corporations: Objections to the Governmental or Proprietary Test, 22 Va.L.Rev. 910, 938. Thus, an ......
  • Kent v. Hudson County
    • United States
    • New Jersey Superior Court – Appellate Division
    • 25 Julio 1968
    ...1, 57 A.L.R.2d 1327 (1957); Weeks v. City of Newark, 62 N.J.Super. 166, 162 A.2d 314 (App.Div.1960), affirmed per curiam o.b. 34 N.J. 250, 168 A.2d 11 (1961). It becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile a rule which holds a municipality liable for injuries flowing from its failure to rep......
  • Fahey v. Jersey City
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court (New Jersey)
    • 28 Junio 1968
    ...to governmental functions. Weeks v. City of Newark, 62 N.J.Super. 166, 174, 162 A.2d 314 (App.Div.1960), affirmed per curiam 34 N.J. 250, 168 A.2d 11 (1961); Wall v. Hudson County Park Com., 80 N.J.Super. 372, 376, 193 A.2d 857 (App.Div.), certification denied 41 N.J. 198, 195 A.2d 467 (196......
  • Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Minnesota
    • 20 Mayo 1997
    ...the logic of immunities doctrine to rules "governing French irregular verbs") (cited in Janklow, 552 N.W.2d at 715), aff'd, 34 N.J. 250, 168 A.2d 11 (1961). One of the least easily understood aspects of immunities law is the "malice" exception to official immunity. 2 But our reading of rece......
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