ORIENTALE v. JENNINGS

A-43 September Term 2017 079953.

218 A.3d 806 (2019)

239 N.J. 569

Barbara ORIENTALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Michael Orientale, Plaintiff, v. Darrin L. JENNINGS, Defendant, and Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Re-Argued April 24, 2019.

Decided September 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina Vassiliou Harvey, Freehold, argued the cause for appellant (Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown & Schottland, attorneys; Christina Vassiliou Harvey , on the briefs, and Jonathan H. Lomurro , Freehold, of counsel and on the briefs).

Frederic J. Regenye, Bayonne, argued the cause for respondent (Law Office of Kenneth N. Lipstein, attorneys; Frederic J. Regenye , on the briefs).

Amos Gern, Roseland, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Association for Justice (Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin, attorneys; Amos Gern , of counsel and on the briefs, and Ana Rita Ferreira , on the briefs).

William S. Bloom, Edison, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Defense Association (Methfessel & Werbel, attorneys; William S. Bloom and Leslie A. Koch , Edison, of counsel and on the brief, and Natale Donis and James V. Mazewski , on the brief).

David R. Kott, Newark, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Business & Industry Association (McCarter & English, attorneys; David R. Kott , Edward J. Fanning , Newark, and Amanda M. Munsie , Newark, of counsel and on the brief).

Emily A. Kaller, Iselin, argued the cause for amicus curiae Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis and Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, attorneys; Emily A. Kaller and Michael Ricciardulli , Westfield, on the brief).

Thomas J. Manzo, Lawrenceville, argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Bar Association (New Jersey State Bar Association, attorneys; John E. Keefe, Jr., Red Bank, President, of counsel and on the brief, and Thomas J. Manzo, Craig J. Hubert , Lawrenceville, William H. Mergner, Jr. , Cedar Knolls, and Brandon C. Simmons , on the brief).


Under our common law jurisprudence, when a jury's damages award is so grossly excessive that it shocks the judicial conscience, the trial judge may, with the consent of the plaintiff, grant a remittitur — the highest award that, in the judge's view, could be sustained by the evidence. If the...

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