Tenore v. Nu Car Carriers, Inc.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Pashman, J.

This is a wrongful' death action in which plaintiff appealed a $200,000 jury verdict contending that the trial court had erroneously refused to allow expert economic testimony concerning inflationary trends on the issue of future wage losses of the deceased. In an unreported opinion, the Appellate Division concluded that the evidence should have been admitted and ordered a new trial on the issue, of damages only. We granted defendant’s petition for certification, 66 N. J. 319 (1974), to consider the proper scope of expert testimony in this…