N.J. Justices Lean Toward Banning Use of Purloined Documents in Bias Suits

The New Jersey Supreme Court appears ready to adopt a rule barring plaintiffs from using records secretly taken from employer files to bolster their discrimination cases. At oral arguments, the justices kept plaintiffs attorney Neil Mullin on the ropes, asking him how the court can approve of an employee resorting to self-help to gain a litigation advantage. Mullin asked the court to reinstate a $10.6 million jury verdict for a Curtiss-Wright executive fired for copying corporate documents and giving them to Mullin.