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IN RE LALAMA

779 A.2d 444 (2001)

343 N.J. Super. 560

In the Matter of Mario LALAMA.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 10, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yolanda Adrianzen, City of Paterson Corporation Counsel, for appellant (Frank Covello, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

William J. De Marco, Wayne, for respondent.

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, for respondent Merit System Board (June K. Forrest, Senior Deputy Attorney General, on the statement in lieu of brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN and LISA.

The opinion of the court was delivered by SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

The City of Paterson appeals from a final decision of the Merit System Board (Board), which rejected a recommended initial decision of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) upholding the City's removal of appellant Mario Lalama from his firefighter position for using cocaine. The sole ground of the Board's decision was that the City failed to present adequate evidence of the "chain of custody" of the urine sample...

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