The Bonds of Turf—Retired Bergen County Assignment Judge Robert Passero is back in court—as a plaintiff, that is—now that an appeals court has revived his suit against a country club over an unrefunded debenture bond.
Passero resigned his membership with the North Jersey Country Club in Wayne in December 2011 and submitted the $14,900 bond, purchased when he joined in 1991, for redemption. But the club declined to pay right away, instead adding his name to a “first come, first served” list. At the time Passero sued, he was 45th on the list of 56, and some former members had been waiting as long as three years for repayment.
