RAYMOND v. CREGAR


38 N.J. 472 (1962)

185 A.2d 856

LOUIS F. RAYMOND, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN S. CREGAR, DEFENDANT, CROSS-APPELLANT AND BENJAMIN P. DeWITT, RICHARD B. EVANS, PHILIP H. CONDIT, THOMAS C. RICHARDS, ELWOOD M. HILL, JAMES A. MacART, CALVIN A. AGAR, JR., LESLIE L. BLAU, JOHN P. COFFIN, JOHN R. DESIDERIO, FERDINAND C. DINGE, HERBERT S. GAY, JR., MERVIN H. GOLDSMITH, LEROY M. GRIGGS, CHARLES A. HEISS, JOHN E. JUDSON, JAMES L. MacWITHEY, WILLIAM M. McCONNEL, AUGUST MERZ, ANTHONY P. MIELE, MRS. ARTHUR G. PILCH, ARTHUR T. PRESCOTT, MRS. MARGERY E. RAAB, LESLIE C. RICKETTS, M. RAYMOND RILEY, ROBERT F. ROH, M.D., GORDON V. STODDARD, M.D., THOMAS W. SWEENEY, HARRY A. TAYLOR, ADELBERT B. TWITCHELL, M.D., GUSTAVE E. WIEDENMAYER, EDWARD H. WILLAN, M.D., MRS. ROY V. WRIGHT, WILLIAM G. WRIGHTSON, JR. AND THE EAST ORANGE GENERAL HOSPITAL, A CORPORATION OF N.J., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas L. Parsonnet argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant and cross-respondent (Mr. George Duggan, attorney).

Mr. Everett M. Scherer argued the cause for the defendants-respondents and cross-appellant, John S. Cregar (Mr. Louis Ogust, attorney for all defendants-respondents except Richard B. Evans, and for John S. Cregar; Messrs. Riker, Danzig, Marsh & Scherer, attorneys for Richard B. Evans; Mr. Everett M. Scherer, on the brief).


The opinion of the court was delivered by PROCTOR, J.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, a physician, against East Orange General Hospital (Hospital), a private, nonprofit corporation; against its Board of Trustees individually; and against three other persons, Benjamin P. DeWitt, Richard B. Evans, and Dr. John S. Cregar, who are associated with the Hospital. The plaintiff, who specializes in ophthalmology, had been appointed a member of the Medical Staff of...

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