SCHADEWALD AND LINDA, DONNA AND WILLIAM F. SCHADEWALD, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, WILLIAM W. SCHADEWALD; WAYNE E. SCHROTH, MARIE SCHROTH AND GERARD AND MARC SCHROTH, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, WAYNE E. SCHROTH; DAVID SKELTON, ELEANOR SKELTON AND DAVID SKELTON, BY HIS GUADIAN AD LITEM, DAVID SKELTON; JOSEPH SMEDLEY AND MAUREEN SMEDLEY; FRANK P. SPANO AND CARMELLA SPANO; GUS STAMOS, KAREN STAMOS AND HELEN, JOHN AND OURANIA STAMOS, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, GUS STAMOS; JOHN P. STAMOS AND SYLVIA STAMOS; JAMES SWANSON, SHEILA SWANSON AND TIGHE AND BRENN SWANSON, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, JAMES SWANSON; LASLO TAKACS AND MARGARET TAKACS; ERNEST TOBIAS AND CYNTHIA TOBIAS; BELLO TOTH, PATRICIA TOTH, AND MICHELLE AND ROBERT TOTH, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, BELLO TOTH; BARBARA AND KATHLEEN TREACY, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, BRIAN TREACY; HENRY TYRANSKI, JOANNE TYRANSKI AND KIMBERLY, TROY AND MARTIN TYRANSKI, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, HENRY TYRANSKI; CHARLES UNTISZ AND MARY UNTISZ; JOHN M. URGO AND DIANA M. URGO AND JOHN URGO, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, JOHN M. URGO; RONALD VAN NOTE, NANCY VAN NOTE AND RONALD VAN NOTE, JR., BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, RONALD VAN NOTE; FRANK VILARDI AND CONCETTA VILARDI; MICHAEL WALLACE AND JUDITH WALLACE; RICHARD A. WENDT AND LINDA WENDT AND MELINDA AND LAURI WENDT, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, RICHARD A. WENDT; WILLIAM WHEELER AND JOAN WHEELER; MARGARET WOJCIECHOWSKI AND GREGORY WOJCIECHOWSKI; MICHAEL ADELUNG, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, WARREN J. ADELUNG, JR.; TONI ANN BRACCO, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ANTHONY BRACCO; MICHAEL COPE BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, RICHARD COPE; ELI DJAMBINOV AND NANCY DJAMBINOV; RICHARD ECKELSON; JENNIFER GRILLO, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ROBERT GRILLO; CHRISTINE HELLE, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ROBERT HELLE; FREDERICK KELLY; KENNETH LINDES AND DOUGLAS LINDES, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, RICHARD LINDES; CHRISTINE M. MCELROY; JOHN MCKINNON, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM GORDON MCKINNON; BRIAN MOORE, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM DENNIS MOORE; CARLOS A. RODRIGUEZ, CARMEN N. RODRIGUEZ AND CARLOS D. RODRIGUEZ BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, CARLOS A. RODRIGUEZ; JENNIFER SMEDLEY, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, JOSEPH SMEDLEY; JASON J. TOBIAS, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ERNEST TOBIAS; BRIAN TREACY AND VIRGINIA TREACY; DENISE UNTISZ AND CHRISTINE, BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, CHARLES UNTISZ; WILLIAM F. WHEELER, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, WILLIAM WHEELER; DEBORAH WOJCIECHOWSKI; KATHLEEN FOX AND JEROME FOX, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, KATHLEEN FOX, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS AND CROSS-RESPONDENTS,
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TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT. The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Argued February 18, 1986. Decided May 7, 1987. Decided May 7, 1987. *564 Steven J. Phillips and Arnold C. Lakind argued the cause for appellants and cross-respondents (Levy Phillips & Konigsberg and Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Watter & Blader, *565 attorneys; Steven J. Phillips, Arnold C. Lakind and Donald I. Marlin, on the briefs).
James Stewart and H. Curtis Meanor argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Podvey, Sachs, Meanor & Catenacci, attorneys).
The opinion of