N.J. Supreme Court Remands Defective Eye Treatment Case For Expert Consideration

( June 1, 2026, 3:13 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J.  — The New Jersey Supreme Court found that under In re Accutane Litigation, “any dispute about the reliability of expert testimony in a civil case [must] be resolved by the trial court, acting as gatekeeper” and remanded a case to a lower court to determine the admissibility of experts retained by a woman who alleges that she was left partially blind after the use of a defective pharmaceutical product....