Supreme Court of New Jersey

Daryl Fees, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Christine Trow, Defendant-Appellant

March 9, 1987105 N.J. 330

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that a state employee who reported alleged abuse of a developmentally disabled resident is protected by a qualified privilege, and the plaintiff failed to show that the privilege was abused by ill motive; therefore the trial court's summary judgment for the defendant was affirmed.