CORLETO v. SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL


138 N.J. Super. 302 (1975)

350 A.2d 534

ERNEST CORLETO, ADELINE CORLETO AND ERNEST CORLETO, ADMINISTRATOR AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATE OF JOYCE CORLETO, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS, v. SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, WILLIAM JENKINS, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, JOSEPH D'ORIO, JACKSON NEALL, W.R. MILLER, FRED RARING, ARTHUR T. FORD, III, D. ALLEN STRETCH, JR., LEMUEL HIRES, THOMAS DOUGHERTY, MRS. THOMAS DOUGHERTY, PAXSON KEATES, GEORGE F. ROBERTS, GEORGE MEATHER, MORTON SHIEKMAN, CONSTITUTING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE MEDICAL STAFF OF THE SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, A GROUP OF 141 DOCTORS, AND DR. JOSIAH CALVIN Mc CRACKEN, JR., JOINTLY, SEVERALLY AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided December 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marvin D. Perskie for plaintiffs (Messrs. Perskie and Callinan, P.A., attorneys, Mr. Willis F. Flower on the brief).

Mr. Leonard C. Horn for defendants Shore Memorial Hospital, and the administrator, board of directors and medical staff thereof (Messrs. Horn, Weinstein & Kaplan, P.A., attorneys).

Mr. John R. Heher for amicus curiae New Jersey Hospital Association (Messrs. Smith, Stratton, Wise & Heher, attorneys, Messrs. Heher and Todd D. Johnston on the brief).


MANUEL H. GREENBERG, J.C.C., Temporarily Assigned.

Plaintiffs' amended complaint sets forth that their decedent was subjected to malpractice on the part of defendant Dr. Josiah Calvin McCracken, Jr., while a patient in defendant hospital, leading to her death. In addition to setting forth a claim against the doctor, claim is also made against the hospital as well as the administrator, board of directors and the medical...

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