Michelle V. Perone, Esq., Chief, Civil Court Programs
Phone: (609)292-8471
This site has been designed as an aid to the bench, bar and public for the dissemination of information concerning mass tort cases throughout the State of New Jersey that are centralized in Middlesex Vicinage, Atlantic Vicinage, and Bergen Vicinage by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Please visit our "Frequently Asked Questions" page to learn more about mass tort management, and about the information that will be posted here. Also available is the NJ Mass Tort (Non-Asbestos) Resource Book.
The public and the bar are welcome to offer comments and suggestions, as well as information and documents that may be appropriate for posting on this web site. Forward your comments to webmaster.mailbox@judiciary.state.nj.us
Note: Some of the following case documents may be in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. PDF documents preserve the look and feel of the original print documents. However, in order to view PDF documents, you must install the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free of charge from the Adobe web site. Adobe Accessibility provides a set of free tools that allow visually disabled users to read documents in Adobe PDF format.
Announcement
Mass Tort Directives, Guidelines and Rules
- Directive #07-09 -- Promulgation of Revised Mass Tort Guidelines (Supersedes Directive #10-07)
- Authorizing Rule (Rule 4:38A)
Notices to the Bar
- Application for Shoulder Pain Pumps and Notice to the Bar for Centralized Management Of Litigation Involving Shoulder Pain Pumps, But Without Mass Tort Designation (Posted: December 28, 2009)
- Application and Notice to the Bar for Mass Tort Designation of all New Jersey State-Court Litigation Involving Commercial Bribery Allegations and Other Tort Allegations by Former Employees against Prudential Life Insurance Company of America and Others (Posted: November 30, 2009)
- Application and Notice to the Bar for Mass Tort Designation and Centralized Management of Litigation Involving the Contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella (Posted: November 4, 2009)