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BALTHAZAR v. ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CENTER

Civ.A. No. 02-1136.

279 F.Supp.2d 574 (2003)

Enez BALTHAZAR, Plaintiff, v. ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CENTER, Atlantic City Medical Center Community Health Services, Barbara Henderson, M.D., Joseph DeStefano, M.D., Allan Feldman, M.D., Phillip Korzeniowski, M.D., DeStefano, Feldman & Kaufman, P.A., DeStefano, Feldman, Kaufman, & Korzeniowski, P.A. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine And Richard Cooper, D.O., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 15, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Branella, Philadelphia, PA, for Enez Balthazar.

Sean Robins, Gold, Butkovitz & Robins, P.C., Elkins Park, PA, for Atlantic City Medical Center and Atlantic City Medical Center Community Health Services.

Sharon K. Galpern, John A. Talvacchia, Stahl & DeLaurentis, P.C., Voorhees, NJ, for Barbara Henderson, M.D., and Phillip Korzeniowski, M.D.

Joseph A. Martin, Kerri E. Chewning, Archer & Greiner, P.C., Haddonfield, NJ, for Joseph DeStefano, M.D., Allan Feldman, M.D., DeStefano, Feldman & Kaufman, P.A., and DeStefano, Feldman, Kaufman & Korzeniowski, P.A.

Thomas F. Marshall, Mount Holly, NJ, for University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine and Richard Cooper, D.O.

OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

Once again, this Court is confronted with the painful and difficult duty of determining whether to impose sanctions against an attorney pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In this case, an attorney who failed to file an Affidavit of Merit in a medical malpractice case in state court, thereby causing his client's case to be dismissed, has attempted under the guise of the federal RICO statute, to relitigate...

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