Mary RICHTER, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
OAKLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellant, and
Gregg Desiderio, individually and as Principal of the Valley Middle School, Defendant-Appellant.
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Argued September 14, 2020.
Decided June 8, 2021.
Revised June 15, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Aileen F. Droughton, Red Bank, argued the cause for appellants Oakland Board of Education and Gregg Desiderio (Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry, attorneys; Aileen F. Droughton, on the briefs).
Betsy G. Ramos, Mt. Laurel, argued the cause for appellant Oakland Board of Education (Capehart & Scatchard, attorneys; Betsy G. Ramos, on the briefs).
Gerald Jay Resnick Roseland, argued the cause for respondent (Resnick Law Group, attorneys; Gerald Jay Resnick on the briefs).
Andrew Dwyer, Newark, argued the cause for amicus curiae National Employment Lawyers Association of New Jersey (The Dwyer Law Firm, attorneys; Andrew Dwyer, of counsel and on the briefs).
Benjamin Folkman, Cherry Hill, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice (Folkman Law Offices, attorneys; Benjamin Folkman, Eve R. Keller, Lauren M. Law, Sarah Slachetka, and Paul C. Jensen, Jr., Cherry Hill, on the briefs).
Renee Greenberg, Deputy Attorney General, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, Mayur P. Saxena, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, and Renee Greenberg and Latoya L. Barrett, Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).
Edward G. Sponzilli submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (Norris McLaughlin, attorneys; Edward G. Sponzilli, of counsel and on the brief, and Annmarie Simeone, and Anthony P. D'Elia, Bridgewater, on the brief).
Richard A. Friedman, Newark, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey Education Association (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman; attorneys; Richard A. Friedman, of counsel and on the brief, and Craig A. Long, on the brief).
Christine P. O'Hearn submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae the New Jersey Municipal Excess Liability Fund (Brown & Connery, attorneys; Christine P. O'Hearn, and Kathleen E. Dohn, Westmont, on the brief).
JUSTICELaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.
This appeal raises two compelling issues for resolution by this Court. Unfortunately, the case arises from a tragic event.
Plaintiff Mary Richter, a longtime diabetic and teacher, experienced a hypoglycemic event in a classroom, which she claims happened because her work schedule prevented...
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