New Jersey’s wrongful death law had capped non-economic damages at zero, by not permitting any non-pecuniary recovery. This has been rectified by The New Jersey legislature has passed a new law (per Scheuerman) that ends this problem, but non-pecuniary damages in wrongful death cases would have absolutely no statutory limits. Governor Corzine has until January 15 to decide whether to sign or veto the bill.
(Updated to reflect fact bill has not been signed yet.)
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