WOODS v. OVERLOOK HOSPITAL ASS'N


6 N.J. Super. 47 (1949)

69 A.2d 742

BARBARA MARIE WOODS, BY HER NEXT FRIEND, RUDOLPH WOODS, AND RUDOLPH WOODS, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. OVERLOOK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jacob R. Mantel argued the cause for the appellants.

Mr. Edward M. Gurry argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. Frank P. Zimmer, attorney).

Before Judges JACOBS, DONGES and BIGELOW.


The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, S.J.A.D.

This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered in the Law Division in favor of the defendant, Overlook Hospital Association, a charitable association operating a hospital in Summit, New Jersey.

In 1942 the plaintiff, Barbara Marie Woods, then four years of age, underwent a tonsillectomy at Overlook Hospital. Dr. Minella was the attending physician...

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