Supreme Court of New Jersey
Brian Royster, Plaintiff-Appellant v. New Jersey State Police and Joseph R. Fuentes, Defendants-Respondents, and…
January 17, 2017227 N.J. 482
Summary
The Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division’s ruling that the New Jersey State Police is immune from the ADA claim, finding no waiver or estoppel of sovereign immunity, but reinstated the plaintiff’s LAD failure‑to‑accommodate claim and remanded for a $500,000 judgment under the LAD. Justice Albin, in a partial concurrence and partial dissent, argued that the State’s seven‑year litigation of the ADA claim constituted a waiver of immunity.