Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:17B-4.1

  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The Attorney General is authorized, during the fiscal years commencing July 1, 1966, to study the present general provisions of the statutes and case law relating to governmental immunity of the State, of counties and municipalities to respond in damages for the negligence of their agents or servants; and to report to the Legislature the results of such study, together with recommendations for amendments and additions to existing statutes intended to modernize procedures relating thereto. For this purpose the Attorney General may employ such technical and clerical assistance as he may find necessary.

L.1967, c. 20, s. 1, eff. March 21, 1967.