New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Defense Medical Examination Procedures

By: Brian D. Barr, Esq. and Vanessa Calixto, Summer Associate and rising 3L, Rutgers Law School In personal injury cases and other cases in which the mental or physical condition of plaintiffs are in controversy, New Jersey Rule 4:19 allows defendants to require plaintiffs to be physically or mentally examined by the defendants’ chosen expert. […]