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An appellate court in New Jersey has affirmed a trial court’s decision barring a physician’s testimony on behalf of an insured at his trial against an insurer where the insured had not identified the physician as a possible witness, notwithstanding that the physician previously conducted an independent medical examination (“IME”) of the insured on behalf of her insurer.