The New Jersey Department of Transportation is immune from claims stemming from the death of a woman struck and killed in a hit-and-run while crossing U.S. Route 206 in Frankford Township, a state appeals court has ruled.

A three-judge Appellate Division panel, in dismissing the case brought on behalf of Cary Mattos, relied on a recent Supreme Court decision fine-tuning the Tort Claims Act, Lee v. Brown, a case involving a fatal 2010 apartment fire in Paterson.