A woman who was suffering a stroke sued New Jersey after a state trooper mistook her failure to respond to commands as inebriation and arrested her instead of seeking medical help.
A judge has rejected the state’s bid for a new trial after an Essex County jury handed down an $11.5 million verdict against a New Jersey State Police trooper who mistook a motorist’s stroke for inebriation and arrested her, delaying medical treatment so long she’s now permanently disabled.
In an order issued Friday, Superior Court Judge Thomas Vena also dismissed the state’s claim that jurors got it wrong and refused to set aside or modify their January verdict. He denied, too, the state’s request to reduce the judgment, which attorneys had argued was excessive…