Terry Jerista and Michael Jerista, Her Husband, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Thomas M. Murray, Jr., Esq., an Attorney…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the summary‑judgment ruling in a legal‑malpractice action, holding that plaintiffs could invoke res ipsa loquitur without expert testimony in an automatic‑door case, that the attorney’s derelictions were a proximate cause of their damages, and that a spoliation inference is permissible. The case is remanded for trial.