SUSSMAN v. OVERLOOK HOSPITAL ASSN.


95 N.J. Super. 418 (1967)

231 A.2d 389

BERNARD S. SUSSMAN, M.D., AND DOMINICK A. SCIALABBA, M.D., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS AND CROSS-APPELLANTS, v. OVERLOOK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, A NON-PROFIT NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT, AND TOWN OF WESTFIELD, ETC., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nicholas Conover English argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Messrs. McCarter & English, attorneys; Mr. Woodruff J. English and Mr. Stanley R. Stevinson, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Richard H. Thiele, Jr. argued the cause for respondents and cross-appellants (Messrs. Wharton, Stewart & Davis, attorneys).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, KILKENNY and COLLESTER.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs, neurosurgeons of admittedly high professional competency and with offices in Westfield, New Jersey, applied for staff privileges at Overlook Hospital in Summit, whose services include the Westfield area. The hospital's board of trustees, upon the recommendation of the credentials committee, rejected their applications and so notified them without giving any reasons therefor. It denied their request for a hearing. It did, however, through its...

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