In a unanimous ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court for the first time recognized morbid obesity as a handicap under the Law Against Discrimination, though the court overturned a plaintiff’s verdict due to faulty jury instructions.
The justices on Thursday affirmed an Appellate Division ruling that a 400-pound woman who suffered from a genetic metabolic disorder proffered sufficient expert testimony and other evidence to meet the statute’s two-prong test for proving a physical handicap.
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