Hazel Hamrick LEE

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the City of Paterson and its electrical inspector, Robert Bierals, are entitled to absolute immunity under N.J.S.A. 59:3‑5 because the critical causative conduct was a failure to enforce the law, not an affirmative enforcement act. Accordingly, the Court reversed the Appellate Division’s decision granting only qualified immunity and entered summary judgment for the defendants, remanding for any further proceedings.