Silas Coll, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Arthur Sherry, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and remanded for a new trial limited to damages, holding that the trial judge erred in refusing a new trial on the adequacy of the verdict, in excluding evidence on future medical costs and the plaintiff's willingness to undergo surgery, and in denying a jury instruction on future earning capacity; the court also affirmed that a new trial may be confined to the quantum of recovery when liability is clear.