John E. Wallace

“ The jury charge is a road map that explains the applicable legal principles, outlines the jury's function, and spells out "how the jury should apply the legal principles charged to the facts of the case at hand." ”

“ The final section of the Act that we need to consider is N.J.S.A. 59:3-3, which provides that " [a] public employee is not [*146] liable if he acts in good faith in the execution of enforcement of any law," but that " [n] othing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability for false arrest or false imprisonment." (Emphasis added) . We explained in Alston v. City of Camden, 168 N.J. 170, 186, 773 A.2d 693 (2001) , that there were two alternative components to the good faith defense. ”

“ Did the willful misconduct of defendant [Schulze] proximately cause a substantial permanent loss of a bodily function, resulting in a substantial inability to perform many of the functions Plaintiff Toto previously enjoyed? If you have answered "No" to Question 2, please proceed to Question 6. If you have answered "Yes" to Question 2, please proceed to Question 3. 3. How much money would fairly and completely compensate Plaintiff Toto for the pain and suffering he sustained as a result of Defendant [Schulze's] actions? ”

“ By proximate cause, I refer to a clause [sic] that in a natural and continuous se-quence, produces the incident and the resulting injury and without which the resulting injury would not have been received. ”

“ In DelaCruz, supra, we addressed the limited issue of whether the [p147] verbal threshold requirement applies to false arrest and false imprisonment claims. 183 N.J. at 153, 870 A.2d 259. There, a series of break-ins in the community caused the police to set up several road-blocks. Id. at 154, 870 A.2d 259. The plaintiff, who had just completed work on a customer's home, turned in a direction away from a nearby road-block, causing the police to pursue and stop his van. Id. ”