Legal Opinion
Jacober v. St. Peter's Medical Center
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 8, 1992PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
STEIN, J.
In Ruth v. Fenchel, 21 N.J. 171, 121 A.2d 373 (1956), we held that learned treatises may be admitted for impeachment purposes on cross-examination if the expert witness acknowledges them as recognized and standard authorities in the field. In this medical malpractice case, the defense experts acknowledged the reliability of plaintiffs’ proffered medical texts but refused to state that those texts were authoritative. Relying on Ruth, the trial court prevented plaintiffs from using medical literature to rebut the defense experts’ testimony. We…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Busik v. LevineSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Weinberg v. DingerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- Reilly v. PinkusSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Jefferey Dale Ellis, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Ann Ellis, Deceased v. International Playtex, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by37 opinions
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