PATIENTS v. ARNOLD M. KALLEN, M.D.


123 N.J. Super. 175 (1973)

302 A.2d 142

PATIENTS: RONALD BUSH, DOROTHY CHASE, ROBERT HYDE, EDWARD MC DONOUGH, HARRIET ROBISON, LAWRENCE SCHEFFER, SAMUEL WILDER AND MARLENE WYNN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHER PERSONS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ARNOLD M. KALLEN, M.D., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUPERINTENDENT AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR, ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER, AND THE ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin S. Laves, Essex County Legal Services Corp., attorney for appellants; Mr. Barry Benefield, Newark-Essex Joint Law Reform Project, attorney for appellants.

Mr. Francis Patrick McQuade, Essex County Counsel, attorney for respondent (Mr. Joseph C. Glavin, Jr., of counsel).

Before Judges COLLESTER, LEONARD and HALPERN.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs, eight patients at the Essex County Hospital Center, appeal from a judgment dismissing their complaint wherein they sought to compel defendants to permit their counsel to inspect and copy their medical records.

Plaintiffs, except for Wilder, who is temporarily committed, are involuntarily committed to the Center by final judicial orders. The Center is a mental hospital and defendant Arnold...

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