Appellate Court’s View That Merits of a Case Are Weak Does Not Justify Abandoning Deferential Standard of Review of Trial Level Discovery Rulings

Capital Health System, Inc. v. Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (2017).  These two consolidated cases involved rulings on discovery disputes, a subject that rarely reaches the Supreme Court.  Four Justices did not participate, so the Court deciding this case consisted of Chief Justice Rabner, Justices LaVecchia and Albin, and Judges Fuentes and Fisher.  […]

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