Supreme Court of New Jersey

Thomas Willis, Plaintiffs-Respondents v. Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Defendants-Appellants…

April 20, 197055 N.J. 534

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the appellate division's grant of sovereign immunity to the State, holding that without statutory consent the State is not liable for tort claims and that the decision applies prospectively from January 1, 1971, except for the present case.