L.A. and the Horace Mann Insurance Company, Petitioners-Appellants v. Board of Education of the City of Trenton…

Summary

The Court held that N.J.S.A. 18A:16-6 obliges a school board to indemnify an employee for civil defense costs unless the employee’s conduct is shown by a preponderance of the evidence to fall outside the scope of his employment, and that the Administrative Law Judge erred by granting summary decision where material factual disputes existed, requiring an evidentiary hearing. The judgment of the Appellate Division was reversed and the matter remanded.