OIKARINEN v. ALEXIAN BROTHERS

Nos. 14966, 14967.

342 F.2d 155 (1965)

Paul OIKARINEN, Appellant, v. ALEXIAN BROTHERS, a Corporation of the State of New Jersey. Paul OIKARINEN, Appellant, v. Joseph A. PICCOLELLA.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Epstein, Reibel, Isaac & Tannenbaum, Elizabeth, N. J. (Stanley Tannenbaum, Elizabeth, N. J., of counsel, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel K. Van Dorn, Mead, Gleeson, Hansen & Pantages, Newark, N. J., for Alexian Bros., appellee.

No counsel and no brief for Joseph A. Piccolella, appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, FORMAN and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Both these suits are based on diversity of citizenship. In the first, No. 14966, the defendant is a New Jersey non profit corporation organized exclusively for hospital purposes. The claim against it is for alleged negligence in connection with personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while a patient in defendant's hospital.

Admittedly the provisions of New Jersey Statute 2A:53A-7, 8, N.J.S.A. limiting liability for negligence to $10,000 in the...

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