If, in an action for damages based upon an assault, battery or imprisonment or for libel or slander, plaintiff does not recover damages to the amount of $50, his costs shall not exceed the damages recovered.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:15-63
Actions for assault, battery, imprisonment, libel or slander
Known as the Punitive Damages Act
The act spans §§ 2–2 (79 sections).
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
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