The personal injury case of a man who claims he was physically assaulted by a patron inside the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, while casino security stood by and failed to prevent or even subdue the assault, can proceed to trial, the Appellate Division has ruled.

Judge William Nugent, who delivered the 19-page opinion on behalf of the court, said expert testimony wasn’t necessary to validate the claim that plaintiff Jaymie M. Cornine’s safety was reasonably threatened when defendant Jonathan S. Puccia became verbally abusive, then physically menacing, at a craps table in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2014.