in the Township. Police Officer Lawrence Hall testified that before he was hired in 1986 he sought assurance that his six years of service with Asbury Park would be credited toward his eligibility for paid health benefits, and was told he would receive credit. Edward Dunn, who replaced Bradshaw as Township Administrator in 1988, testified that during his tenure the Township discovered that the PBA and SOA Agreements did not comply with N.J.S.A. 40A-.10-23. As such, Dunn stated that he attempted to discontinue paid retiree health benefits to an officer with less than twenty-five years of service with the Township who had been receiving those benefits for a decade. As a result, litigation ensued. See Middletown Policemen’s Benev. v. Twp. of Middletown, 162 N.J. 361, 744 A.2d 649 (2000) (<HOLDING>). On the basis of all of the evidence
holding that township supervisors absolute immunity from suit because of their positions as high public officials may not be used to shield the township itself from liability holding that where one party had received a written agreement and conformed his conduct to that agreement for an extended period of time but failed to sign the agreement he was equitably estopped from denying the validity of the agreement holding that tribal entity was not equitably estopped from asserting immunity because misrepresentations of the tribes officials or employees cannot affect its immunity from suit holding township equitably estopped from terminating officers postretirement health benefits holding acceptance of settlement estopped plaintiff from subsequent suit