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The New Jersey Supreme Court Limits Offer of Judgment Sanctions in Multi-defendant Cases

Posted by Brian C Harris on Sep 14th 2018

The New Jersey Supreme Court Limits Offer of Judgment Sanctions in Multi-defendant Cases
In the matter of Willner v. Vertical Reality, the New Jersey Supreme Court set limits on a plaintiff’s ability to win sanctions under the Offer of Judgment Rule in cases of multiple defendants, even when the ultimate damages award is well beyond the original judgment. The Court overturned an award of sanctions in a product liability case where a jury ordered two defendants to pay plaintiff far beyond what his attorney had demanded in a pretrial offer of judgment. The Supreme Court said it wo
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