New Jersey Statutes 18A:11-6. Liability of association, conference, employee
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:11-6
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Employee: includes the holder of any position or employment. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Employment: includes employment in a position. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1952, c. 335 (C. 2A:53A-1 et seq.), P.L.1973, c. 146 (C. 2A:15-5.1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, in any case where a voluntary association as provided by P.L.1979, c. 172 (C. 18A:11-3 et seq.), any athletic conference operating under the jurisdiction of that association or any employee of the association or conference acting within the scope of his employment is determined to be a tortfeasor in any cause of action along with one or more other tortfeasors, the association, conference or employee shall be liable for no more than that percentage share of the damages which is equal to the percentage of the negligence attributable to that association, conference or employee. In any case where the voluntary association, conference or employee is determined to be a joint tortfeasor, the voluntary association, conference or employee shall be required to contribute to a joint tortfeasor only to the extent of the recovery provided for under this section.
L. 1987,c.324,s.3.