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DEMERI v. MORRIS

194 N.J. Super. 554 (1983)

477 A.2d 426

KENNETH A. DEMERI, AN INFANT BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ELAINE E. DEMERI, AND ELAINE E. DEMERI, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS, v. JOSEPH F. MORRIS AND KENNETH F. MORRIS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Morris County.

Decided September 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Stuart, for plaintiffs.

William O'Reilly, for defendants.

MacKENZIE, J.S.C.

An infant1 party in a negligence trial is entitled to an instruction that a jury must consider his age and intelligence, as well as his experience and capacity to understand and to avoid the danger to which he was exposed in the actual situation. Goss v. Allen, 70 N.J. 442, 447-448 (1976). Thus, a child's conduct is to be measured...

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