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I am personally and professionally disappointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey’s failure to correct two errors that affect the rights of hundreds of New Jersey plaintiffs.

“A collie down is never a collie beaten.” My father grew up reading Albert Terhune’s books about his collies at Sunnybank. In Terhune’s books, the collie here (Lad, Bruce, or Wolf typically) would be overwhelmed, injured, and overpowered. But then the dog would pick itself up and fight back. Yesterday’s loss in the Federal Court was a painful one. We disagree with the Court’s ruling and the Court’s failure to wait for the Supreme Court of New Jersey to rule first—but like the

On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones was an American captain of the Bonhomme Richard, which had been hit by cannon fire from the British Serapis during the Battle of Flamborough Head. Jones had been born in Kirkcudbrightshire (Scotland). As the Bonhomme Richard waivered, Jones said: “Surrender be damned, I have not yet begun to fight.” In the face of an adverse verdict, that is our approach at Pollock Law: we do not abandon our clients in the middle of a fight.

The Pollock Law team looks forward to having the Appellate Division’s opinion reversed and the credibility-based analysis in favor of Beasley Allen being reinstated.

We are proud to represent Beasley Allen and will seek to have the trial court’s thoughtful opinion reinstated—and the Appellate Division’s unsupported Opinion reversed.