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Gregory Russo v. Board of Trustees, Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (A-20-10)

Gregory Russo v. Board of Trustees, Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (A-20-10)

In this case in which a policeman was involved in a fire rescue that caused injury to him and a victim’s death, the officer was improperly denied accidental disability benefits for his mental injury because of an incorrect application of the standards set forth in Patterson v. Board of Trustees, 194 N.J. 29 (2008).

Ming Yu He v. Enilma Miller (A-81-09)

The jury’s award cannot stand because the trial court provided a sufficient explanation for remittitur and its decision was supported by the record.