Publication Date: 2021-03-15
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
Court: Appellate Division
Judge: Judge Sabatino
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maha M. Kabbash (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP, Stephen D. Brody (O'Melveny & Myers, LLP) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice and Jason Zarrow (O'Melveny & Myers, LLP) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Stephen D. Brody, and Jason Zarrow, of counsel; Kelly S. Crawford, on the briefs); David R. Kott (McCarter & English, LLP, Reed Smith LLP, Lori G. Cohen (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, R. Clifton Merrell (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Sean P. Jessee (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), of the Georgia bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; David J. Cooner and David R. Kott, of counsel and on the brief; Natalie H. Mantell and Steven H. Del Mauro, on the brief)
for defendant: Adam M. Slater (Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC, attorneys; Adam M. Slater, of counsel and on the brief; David M. Estes and Christopher J. Geddis, on the briefs)
Case Number: A-5151-17; A-1083-18
Trial Court Erroneously Excluded Evidence of FDA Certification, Which Had the Effect of Supporting Punitive Damages Verdict in Product Liability Actions