KESSLER v. TROUM


162 N.J. Super. 269 (1978)

392 A.2d 662

FLORENCE KESSLER AND GERALD KESSLER, PLAINTIFFS, v. NEWTON TROUM, D.D.S., P.A., DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided August 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Brigadier & Margulies, attorneys for plaintiffs (Mr. Robert E. Margulies appearing).

Messrs. Lieb, Berlin & Kaplan, attorneys for defendant (Messrs. Gerald Kaplan and Robert Joel Marmorstein appearing).


GAULKIN, J.S.C.

In this dental malpractice action plaintiffs move to compel defendant to disclose certain information which defendant claims to be privileged; the narrow and novel question presented is whether communications between a dentist and his patients are privileged under N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-22.1 et seq.

Between 1969 and 1975 plaintiff Florence Kessler underwent a course of dental restoration and rehabilitation with defendant. In 1975 she...

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