Case Name: Antonio Chaparro NIEVES a/k/a Anthony Chaparro, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER and Peter S. Adolf, Esq., Defendants-Respondents.
Court: New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2019-04-25
Citations: 205 A.3d 1125
Docket Number: C-769 September Term 2018; 082262
Parties: Antonio Chaparro NIEVES a/k/a Anthony Chaparro, Plaintiff-Petitioner,
v.
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER and Peter S. Adolf, Esq., Defendants-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 205
Pages: 1125–1125

Head Matter:
Antonio Chaparro NIEVES a/k/a Anthony Chaparro, Plaintiff-Petitioner,
v.
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER and Peter S. Adolf, Esq., Defendants-Respondents.
C-769 September Term 2018
082262
Supreme Court of New Jersey.
April 25, 2019
ORDER

Opinion:
A petition for certification of the judgment in A-004475-17 having been submitted to this Court, and the Court having considered the same;
It is ORDERED that the petition for certification is granted limited to the issues of whether legal malpractice claims are exempt from the Tort Claims Act (TCA) and whether plaintiff's "loss of liberty" damages claim is subject to the verbal threshold of the TCA.