Briglia v. Exxon Co., USA

WELLS, III, A.J.S.C.

These four cases, otherwise unrelated, are before the Court on a common issue, each brought by motion returnable on successive motion days. They are all personal injury cases involving physical injury. In all four cases the defendants have requested an independent medical exam (IME) of the plaintiff. Plaintiffs, in response, while recognizing their obligations to attend such exams under Rule 4:19, seek leave to have counsel present during the exam or to have it recorded. In all four cases, Briglia, Wong, Bienkowski, and Pawelek, the defendants have filed motions to compel…