Track I – 150 days discovery
151 Name Change
175 Forfeiture
302 Tenancy
399 Real Property (other than Tenancy, Contract, Condemnation, Complex
Commercial or Construction)
502 Book Account
505 Other Insurance Claim (including declaratory judgment actions)
506 PIP Coverage
510 UM or UIM Claim
511 Action on a Negotiable Instrument
512 Lemon Law
801 Summary Action
802 Open Public Records Act (Summary Action)
Track II – 300 days discovery
305 Construction
509 Employment (other than CEPA or LAD)
599 Contract/Commercial Transaction
603 Auto Negligence - Personal Injury
605 Personal Injury
610 Auto Negligence - Property Damage
699 Tort – Other
Track III – 450 days discovery
005 Civil Rights
301 Condemnation
602 Assault and Battery
604 Medical Malpractice
606 Product Liability
607 Professional Malpractice
608 Toxic Tort
609 Defamation
616 Whistleblower/Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) Cases
617 Inverse Condemnation
618 Law Against Discrimination (LAD) Cases
Track IV – Active Case Management by Individual Judge/450 days discovery
156 Environmental Coverage Litigation
303 Mt. Laurel
508 Complex Commercial
513 Complex Construction
514 Insurance Fraud
701 Action in Lieu of Prerogative Writs
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Mass Tort (Track IV)
241 Tobacco
248 Ciba Geigy
266 HRT
271 Accutane
272 Bextra/Celebrex
274 Risperdal/Seroquel/Zyprexa
275 Ortho Evra
276 Depo Provera
601 Asbestos
619 Vioxx.
The discovery process is a mechanism for allowing each side the opportunity to learn about the
other side’s case. The purpose of the pretrial discovery rules is to ensure that there are no surprises at
the time of trial and that the end result of a case is based upon the actual merits of a case. During
pretrial discovery, each side learns the evidence that will be used at trial to support either side’s case.
