New Jersey § 59:4-6 Plan or design immunity

New Jersey Statutes

§ 59:4-6 — Plan or design immunity

New Jersey § 59:4-6

Title 59CLAIMS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 59:4-6 (2026).

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a.Neither the public entity nor a public employee is liable under this chapter for an injury caused by the plan or design of public property, either in its original construction or any improvement thereto, where such plan or design has been approved in advance of the construction or improvement by the Legislature or the governing body of a public entity or some other body or a public employee exercising discretionary authority to give such approval or where such plan or design is prepared in conformity with standards previously so approved. L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:4-6.

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a. Neither the public entity nor a public employee is liable under this chapter for an injury caused by the plan or design of public property, either in its original construction or any improvement thereto, where such plan or design has been approved in advance of the construction or improvement by the Legislature or the governing body of a public entity or some other body or a public employee exercising discretionary authority to give such approval or where such plan or design is prepared in conformity with standards previously so approved. L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:4-6.