VIRGINIA COCKERLINE, as General Administratrix and
Administratrix of the ESTATE OF MARK COCKERLINE v.
ERIKA MENEDEZ, et al
A-4635-07T1 02-04-10
Res ipsa loquitur permits a jury to infer a defendant was
negligent; it does not permit inference of proximate cause.
Amounts received as social security survivor and death benefits
and as PIP death benefits must be deducted from a jury's verdict
under the collateral source statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-97
