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Brunt v. Board of Trustees, Police & Firemen’s Retirement System, 455 N.J. Super. 357 (App. Div. 2018).  In general, except as specified by statute, court rule, or a contract between parties, New Jersey follows the “American Rule,” under which litigants must bear their own fees and costs.  This decision today by Judge Rose, in a case that was argued before her and Judge Ostrer, and then re-argued before those two judges and Judge Sabatino, is the latest reiteration of that principle. Plaintiff was serving as interim deputy chief of the Middletown Township Police...