Supreme Court of New Jersey January 22, 1985 (Hake v. Manchester Township)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action brought by plaintiff-parents against Manchester Township, its Chief of Police, a duty sergeant, and an unknown police officer. Plaintiffs sought damages for negligent conduct that they alleged contributed to cause the suicide-death of their seventeen-year-old son at police headquarters.