Opinion
A-2758-19 A-3887-19
02-11-2022
REGINA NAGLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Respondent-Respondent. ROSEMARY MCCOY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Respondent-Respondent.
Lauren Sandy, attorney for appellants. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Christopher Meyer, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION
Submitted November 29, 2021
On appeal from the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System, Department of Treasury, Docket Nos. xx-3425 and xx-3426.
Lauren Sandy, attorney for appellants.
Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Christopher Meyer, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).
Before Judges Fasciale and Sumners.
PER CURIAM.
In these consolidated appeals, the parties having filed a stipulation of dismissal. We must point out appellants' counsel notified the court on January 21, 2022, that this matter was being dismissed because respondent issued a final agency decision on July 29, 2022, which reconsidered and granted the relief appellants requested due to newly enacted legislation. Unbeknownst to the court, that decision was rendered four months before we considered the appeal on November 29, 2021. While we appreciate counsel's representation that there were administrative issues in implementing the decision, she had a responsibility to alert the court of the probable resolution to avoid unnecessary waste of judicial resources. See Sessner v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., 435 N.J.Super. 347 (App. Div. 2014). In fact, our decision in this appeal was scheduled to be released on January 24, 2022, but was pulled upon notification of the dismissal.
Dismissed with prejudice and without costs.