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CAVUOTI v. NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORP.

735 A.2d 548 (1999)

161 N.J. 107

Joseph CAVUOTI and Linda L. Cavuoti, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Respondents, v. NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION, Deborah Finn, and R.J. Smith, Defendants-Respondents and Cross-Appellants, and Ed McGittigan, John Doe and Richard Doe (Fictitious names of persons whose identities are presently unknown), Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Mahoney, Westfield, for plaintiffs-appellants and cross-respondents (Mahoney & Mahoney, attorneys; Mr. Mahoney, Dennis M. Mahoney and Teresa A. Kazista, on the briefs).

Robert A. Shire, Deputy Attorney General, for defendants-respondents and cross-appellants (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, and Jeffrey C. Burstein, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel).

PER CURIAM.

The central issue in this employment discrimination case concerns when victims of workplace discrimination may recover punitive damages. Our decision in Lehmann v. Toys `R' Us, Inc., 132 N.J. 587, 626 A.2d 445 (1993), "established two distinct conditions that must be met as prerequisites to the award of punitive damages in a discrimination...

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