New Jersey Statutes 59:7A-1. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 59:7A-1
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
b. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary:
(1) A county or municipality shall not be liable in any civil action for damages to an offender or any other person arising out of and in the course of the performance of community service; and
(2) A county or municipality shall not be subject to any law governing the provision of labor, workers’ compensation, conditions of employment or insurance with respect to an offender performing community service.
c. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to grant immunity if the damages suffered by an offender or any other person were caused by a willful, wanton, or grossly negligent act of commission or omission by a county or municipality.
d. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to grant immunity to a county or municipality for damages resulting from the negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
L.1991,c.56,s.1.