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Experienced Trucking Employee Permitted to Offer Lay Opinion on Standard of Care for Transporting a Sealed Container of Food-Grade Substance
Plaintiff Mecca & Sons Trucking Corp. sued J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. over a shipment it claimed was damaged while in the possession of J.B. Hunt. Because the seal on the food-grade shipment was broken, the customer had rejected the shipment. The issue in Mecca & Sons Trucking Corp. v. J.B. Hunt Transp., Inc., 2024 N.J. […]
The Consequences of Coaching Your Witness During Trial
The case of Hernandez v. La Fortaleza, Inc., 2024 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 22 (App. Div. Jan. 5, 2024) is a lesson as to why counsel should not coach their witness during trial. This case involved a slip and fall accident in which the plaintiff Hernandez claimed that she fell on an uneven raised defect […]
Appellate Division Reverses and Remands No-Cause Verdict for Auto Negligence Claim Following Inadmissible Cross-Examination
By: Eric Richwine, Law ClerkEdited by: Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. The issue before the New Jersey Appellate Division in Rodriguez v. Cano, No. A-1561-21, 2023 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1733 (App. Div. Oct. 12, 2023) was whether plaintiff Lenny Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”) was denied a fair trial following a no-cause verdict in a damages-only auto negligence […]
Orthopedist Found Not To Be Qualified To Testify As To Mechanism Of Personal Injury
Plaintiff Jason Rodriguez was injured in a rear end collision and sued the other driver, defendant Faith Sheppard. Liability was conceded and a jury trial was held as to damages only. The issue in Rodriguez v. Mueller, 2019 N.J. Super Unpub LEXIS 1783 (App. Div. August 15, 2019), was whether the plaintiff had suffered sufficient […]
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