A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a plaintiff in a wrongful death action does not have an absolute right to use a medical examiner’s death certificate as evidence to support his or her claim.

The Appellate Division panel in a published ruling said that in most cases, the certificate of death contains hearsay and net expert opinion, which, in the present case, was properly excluded by a trial judge.

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