Windmere, Inc. v. International Insurance

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

Once again we are presented with the question of the admissibility of voiceprints into evidence as reliable scientific tools for determining the identity of a human voice. In this case we have the benefit of hindsight to confirm that adherence to our rules for determining the reliability of scientific evidence precludes the admissibility of voiceprints on this record. In the unusual circumstances of this case, however, we affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division, 208 N.J.Super. 697 (1986), sustaining a jury verdict that denied plaintiff…