GERSTENBERG v. REYNOLDS


259 N.J. Super. 431 (1991)

614 A.2d 163

ROBERT GERSTENBERG, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANNA DALY GERSTENBERG, DECEASED, AND ROBERT GERSTENBERG, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS, v. JOHN E. REYNOLDS, JOSEPHINE K. REYNOLDS, RICHARD HALL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AND BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS OF SOMERSET COUNTY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Somerset County.

November 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Czech, Esquire, for plaintiffs.

Richard J. Guss, Esquire, for defendants (Hampson and Millet, attorneys).


ARNOLD, P.J.Cv.

In this wrongful death action, the plaintiff moved for a new trial on two grounds. First, that this court committed reversible error by admitting evidence of prior specific instances of the decedent's conduct, and, second, by admitting opinion evidence of the decedent's mental status at the time of the accident in which she died. Specifically, plaintiff argued that this court should not have admitted evidence of either prior suicide attempts by the...

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