Publication Date: 2020-07-06
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Automotive
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Patterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roberto A. Rivera-Soto (Ballard Spahr and Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, attorneys; Roberto A. Rivera-Soto, Neal D. Walters, Casey G. Watkins, and Peter C. Harvey, of counsel and on the briefs)
for defendant: Michael D. Donovan (Donovan Litigation Group; Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis; Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelertner, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig; and Francis & Mailman, attorneys; Lisa J. Rodriguez, James A. Francis, Michael D. Donovan, and Alan M. Feldman (Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelertner, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig) of the Pennsylvania bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the briefs)
Case Number: A-24-18 (081691)
Trial Court Properly Awarded New Trial After Erroneously Submitting Damages to Jury Without Evidence Based on Class Members' Actual Damages