State ex rel. Lusane v. Pittman

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• explaining that the trial court's judgment will only be reversed if the cumulative effects of small errors is so great as to cause undue prejudice
• outlining the court's discretionary authority to apply an adverse inference, noting the inference is \not invariably available.\
• noting a driver's conduct contravening a common law standard incorporated into the motor vehicle code \is negligence and a jury should be so instructed\
• finding an abuse of discretion where the judge allowed the plaintiff to read to the jury the defendants' admissions to a medical doctor's expert opinion
• finding trial court had erred in giving an adverse-inference charge when the \plaintiff's counsel had deposed [the defendant] and was fully familiar with his testimony\ and had used the defendant's \detailed deposition testimony in [the plaintiff's] case\
• relying on State v. Weaver, 219 N.J. 131, 162 (2014)

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