No Expert for You!, Says NJ Appeals Court in Applying Net Opinion Rule to Bar Expert's Testimony

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In this post I discuss a recent New Jersey appellate court decision which affirmed a trial court's decision to bar the use of expert testimony in a legal malpractice case because the expert's opinions were net opinions.   
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