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BLIGEN v. JERSEY CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

131 N.J. 124 (1993)

619 A.2d 575

EMILY BLIGEN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JERSEY CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND ROBERT BLOUNT, MR. MINISTRAL, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, ABC CORP., AND XYZ CORP., ETC., DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Shanaberger argued the cause for appellant (Hill Wallack, attorneys).

Donna Lee Mantel argued the cause for respondent (Stern, Steiger, Croland, Tanenbaum & Schielke, attorneys; Donna Lee Mantel and Judith DeRosa, on the brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

In this appeal we consider whether defendant, Jersey City Housing Authority ("JCHA"), is immune from liability for negligent snow removal under either the weather-immunity provision of the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:4-7, or the common-law immunity for public entities snow-removal activities. Both courts below found that the weather-immunity provision did not exempt JCHA from liability. However...

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