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· 5/16/2001

Neno v. Clinton

Citations

  • 772 A.2d 899
  • 167 N.J. 573
  • 2001 N.J. LEXIS 510

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that a witness may not rely on information that someone else told him or her, but rather, must rely on personal observations
  • explaining that a witness cannot indirectly incorporate hearsay into a statement of opinion or understanding
  • addressing impropriety of having police officer offer his opinion on the cause of an accident based on the hearsay statements of witnesses testifying in the action
  • \A lay witness's opinion cannot rely on the inadequate support of inadmissible hearsay without the benefit of an exception.\
  • jury instruction as to “the proximate cause” was not erroneous where trial court instructed jury that there may be more than one proximate cause of an injury

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Judges: Per Curiam

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