BASKING RIDGE DIVORCE MEDIATOR

The plaintiff had retained defendant as a handwriting expert, but when defendant failed to appear atthe New Jersey trial, judgment was entered against plaintiff, and she sued to recover the monies she had paid defendant. The New Jersey trial judge, finding plaintiff to be a credible witness, and concluding that defendant was not forthcoming, justly awarded plaintiff the amount she had paid defendant, less the amount attributable to his report, which he had issued.    Azizi v. Phillips, New Jersey App. Div., December 6, 2006