Nasty family fight between Port Authority chairman, sister leads to lawsuit over police chief job – NJ.com

O'Toole family

In happier times, Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole (l.), his sister, Eileen O’Toole, and their father, Robert O’Toole.Star-Ledger file photo

It was explosive lawsuit.

In a civil suit filed in Superior Court on Tuesday, Cedar Grove Police Captain Eileen O’Toole claims she was passed over for promotion as chief of police in an act of retaliation she alleges was orchestrated by her powerful brother — Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole — over a family slight.