{"id":8435,"date":"2013-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/nicholas-pellitta-wins-precedent-setting-reversal-for-rutgers-before-new-jersey-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T13:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:41:11","slug":"nicholas-pellitta-wins-precedent-setting-reversal-for-rutgers-before-new-jersey-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/news\/nicholas-pellitta-wins-precedent-setting-reversal-for-rutgers-before-new-jersey-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Pellitta Wins Reversal for Rutgers before New Jersey Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>March 15, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>Norris McLaughlin, P.A.<br \/><\/strong>721 Route 202-206<br \/>P.O. Box 5933<br \/>Bridgewater, NJ 08807-5933<br \/>Contact: Edward C. Miller, Jr.<br \/>Chief Marketing Officer<br \/>(908) 722-0700 x4224<br \/><a href=\"mailto:ecmillerjr@nmmlaw.com\">ecmillerjr@nmmlaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: start\"><span style=\"line-height: 16.889204025268555px\">Nicholas Pellitta Wins Reversal <br \/>for Rutgers before New Jersey Supreme Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Bridgewater, NJ (March 15, 2013) \u2013 <strong><a href=\"\/professionals-mainmenu-56?task=view&amp;id=133\" class=\"broken_link\">Nicholas F. Pellitta<\/a><\/strong>, a Member of the Bridgewater law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A., successfully argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf of Rutgers University in <em>D.D. v. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey<\/em>, A\u221229\/30\u221211. \u00a0The issue was whether a lawyer&#8217;s neglect and\/or a plaintiff\u2019s alleged physical and emotional incapacitation represented &#8220;extraordinary circumstances&#8221; allowing a late notice of claim under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA), which governs lawsuits against public entities. \u00a0Pellitta argued that there was nothing extraordinary about the circumstances in the case and that allowing the exception would undermine the notice requirement under the TCA.<\/p>\n<p>The Court, agreeing with Pellitta i<span>n a reversal of the lower courts<\/span><span>, held that \u201c[n]either attorney inattention nor incompetence constitutes an extraordinary circumstance sufficient to excuse failure to comply with the ninety-day filing deadline under the TCA.&#8221; \u00a0The Court further held that the plaintiff\u2019s medical proofs were \u201cinsufficient to meet the extraordinary circumstances standard,\u201d and stated that the \u201cthe doctrine of substantial compliance [could not] serve to relieve a claimant of the TCA\u2019s written-notice requirement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Pellitta, the significance of the decision is the Supreme Court\u2019s recognition that \u201cthe notice provisions of the TCA should be construed to effectuate the Legislature\u2019s intent to limit the exception to those cases that are truly extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelitta was assisted by <strong><a href=\"\/professionals-mainmenu-56?task=view&amp;id=127\" class=\"broken_link\">Edward G. Sponzilli<\/a><\/strong> and Bradford W. Muller, attorneys with the firm\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/services\/litigation\/\">Litigation<\/a> and <a href=\"areas-of-practice-mainmenu-33\/29-higher-education\" class=\"broken_link\">Higher Education<\/a> Groups.<\/p>\n<p>A resident of Flemington, <strong>Pellitta<\/strong> has substantial experience in a variety of legal areas in both federal and state courts. \u00a0He has also represented colleges and universities for 20 years in areas such as tort claims defense, police litigation, civil rights and student discipline. \u00a0On the individual level, Pellitta assists clients in a variety of matters, both in municipal and superior courts.<\/p>\n<p>Pellitta serves as a Vice Chairman of the Raritan Valley Community College Foundation Board. \u00a0He has served as Chairman of the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce, and was previously Legal Counsel to the Chamber. \u00a0He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Hunterdon Prevention Resources (HPR). \u00a0He has been honored by the Rutgers University Department of Public Safety for 20 years of service to the Rutgers Police Department as a Rutgers Assistant Prosecutor, Middlesex County Prosecutor\u2019s Office. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pellitta earned his J.D. from New York Law School in 1985 and his B.A. from Rutgers College in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Colleges and universities have sought the advice of <strong>Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Higher Education<\/strong> attorneys in litigated matters in state and federal courts within New York and New Jersey, and before administrative agencies. The firm is experienced in the defense of tort claims, including sexual assault, assault, social host and dram shop, premises liability and lack of or inadequate security, products liability, libel and slander, sport injuries, and general negligence. The firm has defended cases alleging failure to regulate or control student misconduct, fraternities and sororities. It has also defended cases in state and federal courts alleging civil rights and constitutional violations.<\/p>\n<div>Back To Top<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 March 15, 2013 Norris McLaughlin, P.A.721 Route 202-206P.O. Box 5933Bridgewater, NJ 08807-5933Contact: Edward C. 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Pellitta, a Member of the Bridgewater law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A., successfully argued before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,157,182],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.1 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nicholas Pellitta Wins Reversal for Rutgers before New Jersey Supreme Court - Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Attorneys at Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/news\/nicholas-pellitta-wins-precedent-setting-reversal-for-rutgers-before-new-jersey-supreme-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nicholas Pellitta Wins Reversal for Rutgers before New Jersey Supreme Court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 March 15, 2013 Norris McLaughlin, P.A.721 Route 202-206P.O. 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