GARFINKEL v. MORRISTOWN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.A.


773 A.2d 665 (2001)

168 N.J. 124

David A. GARFINKEL, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MORRISTOWN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.A., David E. Jacobwitz, M.D., and Joseph Ramieri, M.D., Defendants-Respondents, and Lifeline Medical Associates, Defendant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Dwyer argued the cause for appellant, (The Dwyer Law Firm, attorneys).

Glenn A. Montgomery, Bedminster, argued the cause for respondents Morristown Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.A. and Joseph Ramieri, M.D., (Pollock, Montgomery & Chapin, attorneys).

James E. Shepard, Parsippany, argued the cause for respondent, David E. Jacobwitz, M.D., (Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard, attorneys; Brian W. Kincaid, of counsel and on the brief).

Jeffrey C. Burstein, Senior Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; James R. Michael, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by VERNIERO, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether plaintiff waived his right to sue his former employer in the Law Division for alleged violations of the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42(LAD). Plaintiff is a physician formerly associated with an obstetrics and gynecology practice in Morris County. He claims that he was unlawfully discharged from that...

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