“Cumulative Error” Results in Reversal of a Plaintiffs’ Jury Verdict

Torres v. Pabon, ___ N.J. ___ (2016).  As Justice Patterson explained in her decision today for a unanimous Supreme Court, “cumulative error” exists when “the aggregate effect of a series of errors” deprives a party of a fair trial.  In such a case, a court “need not consider whether each individual error was prejudicial.”  In […]

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