· 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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