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1 Roseann LaManna v. Proformance Insurance Company et al. -- rank: 1000

... majority of the Court.     The Court addresses the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 (Section 17), which authorizes parties in a civil action to ... right based on the dissent in the Appellate Division. HELD: N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 is constitutional and any error in failing to have the ... right to a jury verdict of five-sixths majority. Giving N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 the requisite presumption of validity, the Court finds that it ... injury action, we consider the constitutionality of the statutory provision, N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17, which authorizes parties in a civil action to stipulate that ... R. 2:2-1(a)(2). We now conclude that N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 is constitutional and that any error in failing to have ... course in N.J.S.A. 2B:23-1b and N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17. I bi d. The majority disagreed with the dissent’ ...

docket:	a-101-03
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-07-14
status:
citation:	184 N.J. 214
Document Size:	57839

2 ROSEANN LAMANNA v. PROFORMANCE INSURANCE COMPANY -- rank: 737

... a jury of 12 persons for good cause shown." And N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 states that "[i]n any civil trial by jury, at ... 6 N.J. 457 (1951), our dissenting colleague argues that N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 is unconstitutional to the extent that it permits the parties ... 2A:80-2 was repealed in 1995 and replaced by N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17, which permits civil juries to render verdicts based on five ... Article I, paragraph 9 and, as a result, would hold N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 unconstitutional to that extent.     In my view, the partial invalidity of N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 is demonstrated by Morin v. Becker , 6 N.J. 457 ... N.J.S.A. 2A:80-2 constitutional because, unlike N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17, its illegitimate successor, N.J.S.A. 2A:80- ...

docket:	A1820-02
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2003-12-05
status:	published
citation:	364 N.J. Super. 473 837 A.2d 384
Document Size:	40436

3 WALDER, SONDAK, ET ALS V. JOSEPH LIPARTI, ET ALS -- rank: 444

... that a smaller majority of jurors may render the verdict." N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17 (effective June 5, 1995). The statutes do not prohibit a ...

docket:	a2594-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-04-22
status:	published
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Document Size:	38336