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WILKINS v. HUDSON COUNTY JAIL

217 N.J. Super. 39 (1987)

524 A.2d 1274

LILLIAN WILKINS, AS ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM FOR THE HEIRS-AT-LAW OF ADOLPHUS MITCHELL, DECEASED AND ADOLPHUS MITCHELL, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. HUDSON COUNTY JAIL AND COUNTY OF HUDSON, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Nostrame, for appellant.

Joseph V. Kealy, Jr., Acting Hudson County Counsel, for respondent (Jay M. Liebman, First Asst. County Counsel, on the brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, BAIME and ASHBEY.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BAIME, J.A.D.

In this appeal, we are constrained to revisit an old but distasteful subject. At issue is the extent to which an attorney's gross dereliction of duty in failing to abide by our discovery rules is permitted to impact upon the rights of his client. We last explored this area in Johnson v. Mountainside Hosp., Resp. Disease Asso., 199 N.J.Super. 114 (App.Div. 1985...

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