Court stays civil case as criminal charges pending.

The plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education and Jimmie Warren, principal of a school in Clifton, New Jersey, alleging that her two children were subjected to sexually suggestive communications by Warren while employed with the Board of Education. Warren was also charged with multiple criminal charges that were still pending. Warren moved to stay the civil matter pending resolution of the criminal charges. That motion to stay was granted pending the outcome of the related criminal proceedings since the plaintiff would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination in the civil case.

Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2012