Panel: Court Did Not Erroneously Instruct Jury In Negligence Suit Against Broker

Mealey's (January 23, 2019, 11:34 AM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals panel on Jan. 16 held that a lower court properly performed its gatekeeper function when it decided to exclude evidence of a plaintiff's status as administrator of her late husband's estate and that its use of modified jury charge language for professional negligence satisfied its duty to properly instruct the jury in a lawsuit against an insurance broker arising from a fatal shooting at a concert (Mia Jane Stephens v. 48 Branford Place Associates, LLC, et al., No. A-4858-16T2, N.J. Super., App. Div., 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 121)....