GREEN v. BITTNER


85 N.J. 1 (1980)

424 A.2d 210

HARRY N. GREEN AND ANNE GREEN, INDIVIDUALLY; HARRY GREEN, AS ADMINISTRATOR AD PROSEQUENDUM AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DONNA GREEN, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. STANLEY BITTNER, JR., INFANT, BY GUARDIAN AD LITEM TO BE APPOINTED, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Gallagher, Jr., argued the cause for appellants (Klitzman, Klitzman & Gallagher, attorneys).

Joseph E. Zavesky argued the cause for respondent (Zavesky, Kelly, Madden & Van Dorn, attorneys; Craig W. Miller, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by WILENTZ, C.J.

In the spring of her senior year at high school, Donna Green was killed in an automobile accident. She was a young woman of average intelligence and cheerful disposition; hard-working and conscientious both at home and at school; level-headed and dependable. As her counsel aptly stated in summation, she was "everybody's daughter," not just meaning normal, but what everybody...

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