By way of an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request, I obtained a copy of a December 2014 civil complaint filed by an Emergency Medical Services Chief against the Plumsted Township (Ocean County) Board of Fire Commissioners and a January 22, 2015 court order that resolved the complaint. In the complaint, EMS Chief David P. […]
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Passaic discloses Internal Affairs log
In response to a judge’s order arising out of an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) lawsuit (Richard Rivera v. City of Passaic, et al, Docket No. PAS-L-462-15), the City of Passaic (Passaic County) Police Department has disclosed a redacted log showing the disposition and case number of all Internal Affairs matters processed by the Department […]
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Bridgeton teacher’s racial discrimination suit scheduled for June 1st.
On Monday, June 1, 2015, 9 a.m., an African-American teacher’s New Jersey Law Against Discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, the Bridgeton Public School District, is scheduled to be tried at the Cumberland County Courthouse before Judge Richard Geiger. The teacher, Sakina Davis, claims in her February 9, 2013 lawsuit (on-line here) that Christine Barlas, […]
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Three current lawsuits against Fairfield Township, Cumberland County.
As a public service, I have described and provided links to three lawsuits that are pending against Fairfield Township in Cumberland County. Wayne Byrd v. Joann L. Servais and Fairfield Township, Docket No. CUM-L-539-14. Byrd alleges that after entering into a confidential settlement agreement with Fairfield in 2010, Joann Servais violated the agreement by breaching […]
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Administrative Law Judge finds that Fire District records custodian did not willfully violate OPRA.
In an April 23, 2015 written opinion, New Jersey Administrative Law Judge Susan M. Scarola ruled that a former Commissioner for Franklin Township (Somerset County) Fire District No. 1 did not “knowingly and willfully” violate the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The judge did find, however, that the District is liable for $7,828.95 in attorney […]