Bill > A3952

Introduced Session

This bill would eliminate pre-lawsuit, notice of claim requirements for suits filed against any State or local public entity or public employee under the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., or the "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act," N.J.S.59:13-1 et seq. Under those acts currently, a person with a claim is "forever barred" from recovering against a public entity or employee for failing to timely file a pre-lawsuit, notice of claim with the entity to be named in a potential future suit. See N.J.S.59:8-8 and N.J.S.59:13-5. Such notices would no longer be required, and thus not prevent injured persons from proceeding with lawsuits seeking compensation in appropriate courts of law.

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Shavonda Sumter (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 04/13/2020)