6-7-11 County of Hudson v. State of New Jersey, Department of Corrections (A-74-09; 064676)
Contract claims against the State must be asserted through the timely service of a notice of claim, pursuant to the Contractual Liability Act, N.J.S.A. 59:13-1 to -10. Only following the expiration of the time period imposed by the Act may a contract claim become the subject of a complaint or, if appropriate, be added to an existing complaint. The County of Hudson’s amended complaint against the State, through which expanded claims were added, was properly dismissed for failure to comply with the statutory notice requirement.
