This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses the recent decision in Cuevas v. Wentworth Group, an employment discrimination case brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD). The New Jersey Supreme Court held that plaintiffs bringing "garden variety" emotional distress claims may support their claims with their own testimony or that of friends and family, rather than with expert or treating doctor testimony. The Court also held that past precedent and the trial judge's own experience are no longer relevant considerations in a post-trial application to reduce the jury's emotional distress award.