• A-5151-17; A-1083-18

    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

  • Hrymoc v. Ethicon, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-02
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Sabatino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-1083-18

    Defendants appealed from the jury verdicts in favor of plaintiffs in their separate product liability actions arising from injuries allegedly caused by pelvic mesh devices designed and manufactured by the respective defendants that were surgically implanted into plaintiffs and later caused severe adverse complications.

  • State v. Gerena

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Sabatino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender (Melanie K. Dellplain, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Esther Suarez, Hudson County Prosecutor (Ednin D. Martinez, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-3655-18T2

    Lay Opinion Testimony Regarding Perception of Victim's Age Admissible After Consideration of Factors Establishing Reliability of Such Perception