New Jersey Panel Bars Expert Opinions To Juries On ‘Symptom Magnification’

(April 28, 2017, 1:21 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division created a “bright-line” rule April 27 that forbids expert witnesses from presenting an opinion in a civil personal injury case heard by a jury on the concepts of symptom magnification and malingering in an attempt to impeach a party’s credibility (Alexandra Rodriguez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. A-4137-14T3, N.J. Super. App. Div., 2017 N.J. Super. LEXIS 56)....

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