{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-59-3-14","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 59:3-14","heading":"Public employee immunity--exception","body":"a.  Nothing in this act shall exonerate a public employee from liability if  it is established that his conduct was outside the scope of his employment or  constituted a crime, actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct.\nb.  Nothing in this act shall exonerate a public employee from the full measure of recovery applicable to a person in the private sector if it is established that his conduct was outside the scope of his employment or constituted a crime, actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct.\nL.1972, c. 45, s. 59:3-14.","path":["TITLE 59 CLAIMS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"b87e901360e57bda6ac59b14302ba63492be411019f38edbad9c551f9c19e1b6","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-59-3-13","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-59-3-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}