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Tiffany N. Jastram v. Scott M. Kruse (A-98-07)

Argued October 7, 2008 -- Decided December 23, 2008

LONG, J., writing for a unanimous Court.

At issue in this appeal is the propriety of an appellate panel’s remission of a jury verdict from $500,000 to $50,000 after the trial judge, who had presided over the case, had ruled that the verdict was supported by the evidence and that it did not shock his conscience.