Court Opinion

ID: 9701923
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 22:45:17.708014+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:09:58.219413
License: Public Domain

VERNIERO, LaVECCHIA, JJ.,
concurring.
We concur in the disposition of the Court solely on the basis that it complies with the standard articulated in Brooks v. Odom, 150 N.J. 395, 696 A.2d 619 (1997). For the reasons expressed in the dissenting opinion in Kahrar v. Borough of Wallington, 171 N.J. 3, 16, 791 A.2d 197 (2002) (Verniero, J., dissenting), we believe that the Brooks standard is the appropriate one to be used *55when evaluating claims for non-economic damages against a public entity under the Tort Claims Act.
For reversal and reinstatement — Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices STEIN, COLEMAN, LONG and ZAZZALI — 5.
For concurrence — Justices VERNIERO and LaVECCHIA — 2.
Opposed — None.