The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a defendant pleading guilty to a municipal court offense must ask on the record to obtain a civil reservation—which prevents the conviction from being used as evidence of liability in a related civil litigation.
The case, Maida v. Kuskin, involving a defendant who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, has the potential to affect many tort suits over automobile injuries.
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