JEFFERSON v. FREEMAN


296 N.J. Super. 54 (1996)

JOANN JEFFERSON AND ELELAKE JEFFERSON, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JOHNNY M. FREEMAN AND DOMINICK SALERNO, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Miller, attorney for appellants (Alfred V. Gellene, on the brief).

Robert A. Auerbach, attorney for respondents (Randi S. Greenberg, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, Paul G. LEVY and BRAITHWAITE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PAUL G. LEVY, J.A.D.

A jury found that plaintiff, a cashier employed at a supermarket, did not qualify for an award of non-economic damages under the ninth category of qualifying injuries under the "verbal threshold" statute (N.J.S.A. 39:6A-8a), yet it awarded her an economic loss for lost wages. Plaintiff's appeal focuses on the issue of whether her injuries had a "serious impact on the plaintiff and her life," a factual...

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