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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Kovalcik v. Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office (A-43-10; 066529) 6-21-11

6-21-11 Vasil Kovalcik v. Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office (A-43-10; 066529)

The judgment is affirmed to the extent that it concluded that the documents are not exempt as protected by an order of confidentiality. The judgment is reversed to the extent that it held that the documents are also not exempted personnel records. That aspect of the matter is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings during which the parties shall be given an adequate opportunity to marshal sufficient proofs as t the nature of the contents of the particular documents and the specific educational requirements for employment as a detective in the Prosecutor’s Office to enable the court to apply the statute in accordance with the analysis the Court has set forth.