Jurors’ Use Of Social Media At Trial
Hardly a day passes without a report of the impact of social media on the law. From divorce cases, which lead the charge in the use of Facebook information in court, to criminal law enforcement ,...
View ArticleNecessarily Unhelpful: If Expert Opinion Is ‘Unnecessary’ for the Plaintiff...
A recent trial court opinion granting a defendant’s motion to strike an expert’s “net opinion” on the sufficiency of a warning, but then denying summary judgment on the grounds that expert testimony is...
View ArticleDoctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur Continues to Expand in New Jersey
To invoke the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, a plaintiff must establish: (1) the incident at issue “ordinarily bespeaks negligence”; (2) the instrumentality causing the injury was within the...
View ArticleTo Call (Two) or Not To Call (Any) Experts: That Is No Longer a Question
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently handed down two decisions that give trial lawyers greater freedom to try their cases when it comes to the selection and presentation of expert testimony. In...
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