Legal Opinion
Carnero v. Deitert
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 26, 1996No. Civ.A. 94-838 JCLPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LIFLAND, District Judge.
Rarely is a judge confronted with a paradigmatic ease for the application of the doctrine of judicial estoppel. The extraordinary facts of this case, where defendant has admitted to lying in order to manipulate the legal process, present just such a situation.
Facts
On March 1, 1992, in South Brunswick, New Jersey, plaintiff, Jorge Carnero, was rear-ended in his automobile by a truck rented by defendant Kimberly Deitert. Plaintiff originally sued Budget Rent-a-Car and Dei- tert in New York. By stipulation, that case was dismissed against Deitert without prejudice…
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