Overturning a two-decade-old precedent, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week that an expert witness testifying about future wage losses in a wrongfu death case can give the jury an aggregate figure, rather than limiting his or her testimony to the effects of inflation. Nor, the justices said in DeHanes v. Rothman, is it error for a plaintiffs' attorney to sum up for the jury the total of the year-by-year economic losses established by competent experts.
April 26, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Overturning a two-decade-oldprecedent, the state Supreme Court ruledApril 19 that an expert witness testifyingabout future wage losses in a wrongfuldeath case can give the jury an aggregatefigure, rather than limiting his or hertestimony to the effects of inflation.
Nor is it error for a plaintiffs’attorney to sum up for the jury the total ofthe year-by-year economic lossesestablished by competent experts, thejustices said.
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