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GUICHARDO v. RUBINFELD

826 A.2d 700 (2003)

177 N.J. 45

Rafaela GUICHARDO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philip RUBINFELD, M.D., Richard Stillman, M.D., Dover General Hospital And Medical Center, John Doe 2-6, fictitious names representing unknown defendants, Jane Doe 1-6 fictitious names representing unknown defendants and Richard Roe 1-6, fictitious names representing unknown defendants, Defendants, and Michael Delisi, M.D., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 16, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest P. Fronzuto, III, Nutley, argued the cause for appellant (Piro, Zinna, Cifelli & Paris, attorneys).

Melvin Greenberg, Newark, argued the cause for respondent (Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker, attorneys; Louise Arkel, on the brief).

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

This appeal implicates anew the application of the discovery rule to toll the running of the statute of limitations in a medical malpractice action.

Plaintiff, who was rendered paraplegic in October 1992 by an abscess that compressed her spine, enlisted the aid of three experts, none of whom identified any fault on the part of defendant Dr. Michael DeLisi. She nonetheless continued her investigation and...

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