This Law Firm Publication by Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP discusses a decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously holding that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination's (LAD) "marital status" protection includes employees who are separated, divorced, or in the process of divorcing. The decision in Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad breaks with an earlier, commonly held interpretation that the LAD only applied to individuals with "single" or "married" status.