A federal judge in Newark on Monday dismissed a products liability suit over the Alcotest, New Jersey’s DWI tester, finding it barred under a federal-court abstention doctrine.

U.S. District Judge Jose Linares held the suit, Johnson v. Draeger Safety Diagnostics, seeks to overturn the New Jersey Supreme Court’s finding that the device is reliable.

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