'Human Dummy' Crash-Test Data Held Admissible in Accident Case

The plaintiffs bar calls it junk science, but New Jersey's highest court says expert testimony based on data from low-impact crashes with human test subjects was properly admitted in a fender-bender case that ended with a paltry jury verdict. A unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday, in Hisenaj v. Kuehner, that the trial judge's determination of the scientific reliability was not an abuse of discretion and should not have been reversed by the Appellate Division.

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