A lawyer serving as a court-appointed rent receiver for a foreclosed building can be sued in his official capacity by a tenant injured on the premises, an appeals court ruled on Thursday.

The Appellate Division, in Rojas v. Rubenstein, A-5755-10, reinstated a tenant’s claim against Glenn Peterson, a Clifton attorney who spent 13 months as the receiver for the apartment building at 201-210 Parker Ave. in Passaic.

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