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New Jersey Mass Tort Survey

    

 

   

Mass Tort
New Jersey
Survey Results



Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

None known.

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Definition of "mass tort"

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Procedural rules

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Statutes

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Case law

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Administrative orders

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Interlocutory appeal

NJ Court Rules, 1969 R. 2:5-6.  Appeals From Interlocutory Orders, Decisions and Actions.

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Infrastructure: special dockets

None known.

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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

Council of Presiding Civil Judges Judicial Council.

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Case management

Detailed case management manuals for asbestos and non-asbestos mass torts appear on the New Jersey Mass Tort Info Center.

For each of the eleven types of mass torts, the Mass Tort Information Center contains the following: forms; case list; case management orders; case management recommendations; counsel lists; department staff; events calendar; judges assigned; other orders and decisions; and the special master/mediator. 

The Case Management Manual for Asbestos Cases, approved by the New Jersey Judicial Council in January 2006, was developed to "provide procedural and operational guidance to New Jersey Judges, Judiciary staff and the bar in the management and handling of asbestos cases," although it "does not establish itself as case management policy." Topics covered include multiple defendants; discovery; experts; bankruptcy; special masters; and judicial management of asbestos cases.

A similar manual for non-asbestos cases was published in 2005. 


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Technology

There is a statewide electronic filing system, JEFIS (Judiciary Electronic Filing System), but it is not used for mass torts. 


The Mass Tort Information Center features online forms and posts announcements, pertinent notices and orders.

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Last Modified: 7/31/2008 4:51:53 PM

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