The cumulative effect of myriad errors by defense counsel, including references before the jury to a “litigious society,” was prejudicial to the plaintiff and deprived him of a fair trial in a vehicular negligence case, the Supreme Court has ruled.
In Morales-Hurtado v. Reinoso, the court, forgoing a plenary opinion, on Thursday upheld the Appellate Division’s reasoning in its 2018 ruling written by Judge William E. Nugent in the case, which centers on a 2011 accident in Fort Lee involving a car and jitney bus.
