GARWOOD — A legal battle that has traversed a multitude of state courts is continuing to play out in Garwood, where the board of education (BOE) and one of its members continues to fight over what one party calls retaliation and the other calls procedural necessity.

Last fall, the board voted during an executive session meeting to remove Sal Piarulli as the district’s liaison to the Clark BOE, which prompted Mr. Piarulli to file a notice of tort claim on January 10 (which initially requested $10 million in “damages to reputation and emotional distress.”