Stigliano v. Connaught Laboratories, Inc.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

The issue in this medical-malpractice and product-liability action is whether defendants may introduce videotape depositions of plaintiffs’ treating physicians in which they describe the cause of the infant plaintiff’s chronic-seizure syndrome. The Law Division granted plaintiffs’ motion to bar the testimony. In a reported opinion, the Appellate Division reversed. 270 N.J.Super. 373, 637 A.2d 223 (1994). We granted plaintiffs’ motion for leave to appeal) 137 N.J. 163, 644 A.2d 611 (1994), and now affirm.

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On March 17,1987,-plaintiffs Frank…