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Plaintiff Permitted to “Board” Full Amount of Medical Expenses Not Covered by PIP

By on November 18, 2016 in Coverage, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

Plaintiff Angel Viruet, Jr. was injured in an automobile accident and sued Defendant Fernando Maoine for his injuries. Plaintiff was insured by GEICO Insurance Company for his automobile insurance and had selected a limited PIP medical coverage benefits of $15,000. In Viruet v. Maoine, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2426 (Law Div. Nov. 4, 2016), […]

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Plaintiff’s Flooring Expert Report Barred as Net Opinion

By on November 11, 2016 in Negligence, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

Plaintiff Elaine Anderocci was shopping in a retail store known as Reed Krakoff, in the Short Hills Mall, when she reached for a handbag and slipped and fell, fracturing her shoulder. Plaintiff claimed that the floor was very slippery, “like a sheet of glass.” In Anderocci v. Coach, Inc., 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2343 […]

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Supreme Court Defines Criteria for Granting Remittitur of Jury Verdict

By on November 4, 2016 in Awards, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

A motion for remittitur is used by a defendant to attempt to obtain a reduction of an excessive jury verdict. A court has the power to reduce an excessive award through a grant of remittitur. In the recent case of Cuevas v. Wentworth Group, 226 N.J. 480 (2016), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that […]

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