By Charles Toutant | September 14, 2018
"Without a thorough inquiry of juror number seven, the court could not properly determine whether additional voir dire was necessary to assure that impermissible tainting of the other jurors did not occur," the Appellate Division said.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas Cotton | September 14, 2018
New Jersey had not taken a strong position on narrative interrogatories generally or Rule 4:17-4(d) specifically. That changed with 'Brugaletta.'
By Michael Booth | September 13, 2018
The New Jersey Supreme Court won't intervene in a medical malpractice case, already ordered for retrial, where the plaintiff originally was prevented from testifying based on the potentially prejudicial effect of his cognitive impairments.
By Charles Toutant | September 10, 2018
The Appellate Division, citing a standard federal courts have applied to acts of omission, has ruled that the common knowledge exception to the affidavit of merit statute applies in a case where nurses allegedly failed to reinsert a nasogastric tube after the patient pulled it out.
By Michael Booth | July 25, 2018
The court said the Patient Safety Act was enacted to ensure that a hospital, after an adverse event, would undertake a thorough self-critical analysis in order to help prevent such incidents.
By Michael Booth | David Gialanella | Charles Toutant | July 23, 2018
In Wilburn v. Moss, a Neptune man has received $2.2 million as compensation for undergoing amputation of both legs after he developed an infection…
By Michael Booth | July 19, 2018
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that parties who enter into a high-low agreement may not later seek additional counsel fees and litigation costs unless provided for in the agreement.
By Charles Toutant | David Gialanella | June 25, 2018
A former truck driver who was left disabled after a rear-end crash agreed to a $1.375 million settlement in his Bergen County suit, Saleh-Crespo…
By Charles Toutant | June 20, 2018
A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a regulation exempting high-low agreements from a mandate on reporting medical malpractice settlements to state agencies doesn't protect the proceeds of such accords from a workers compensation lien.
By Michael Booth | June 4, 2018
In Danja Invest Corp. v. Zaytsev, a Bergen County judge rendered a $1.168 million judgment on May 17 in favor of a Belize-based company that sought…
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