STATE COURT CASES
05-2-9938 Shoemaker v. Chinappi, App. Div. (per curiam) (18 pp.) The claim was for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff in a vehicular accident. The jury found plaintiff 70 percent at fault and defendant 30 percent at fault. The judge molded the verdict to a no cause of action. On appeal, plaintiff argues, inter alia, that the judge erred in allowing the line of questioning pertaining to the 10-mile-per-hour approach with implied reference to the state driver’s manual. Plaintiff contends that opinions as to safe following distance are a subject of expert testimony, with particular reference to the facts. The appellate panel finds that any error in allowing the disputed cross-examination did not have the clear capacity to produce an unjust result and would not rise to the level of reversible error.
