A mistrial caused by a courtroom recording failure may have cost a medical malpractice plaintiff in New Jersey’s Essex County up to $560,000 of a high-low settlement, and it is stirring calls for more stenographers in New Jersey courts.
The incident also prompted administrators in Essex to order an overhaul of the courts’ entire stock of aging tape machines — the audio version of used cars from the early 1990s.
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