N.J. CHIROPRACTIC SOC. v. RADIOLOGICAL SOC.


156 N.J. Super. 365 (1978)

383 A.2d 1182

NEW JERSEY CHIROPRACTIC SOCIETY, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; DEAN A. COLLINS, D.C., LOUIS A. CUCCARO, D.C., EDWARD J.P. CURRY, D.C., NEIL L. KENNY, D.C., P.A., BRIAN A. KLAPPHOLZ, D.C., ALBERT J. ROSE, D.C., LAWRENCE J. ROSENBERG, D.C., P.A.; ANTONIA BITETTO, TERRY A. BLEISTEIN AND CHRISTINA DELLA PIETRO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TO THE FIRST COUNT ONLY ON BEHALF OF A CLASS, PLAINTIFFS, v. RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY, A CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; BURLINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY HOSPITAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY MEDICAL CENTER, DOVER GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE HOSPITAL CENTER AT ORANGE, THE SOCIETY OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL D/B/A THE VALLEY HOSPITAL; ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CENTER, THE AFOREMENTIONED HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CENTERS INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TO THE FIRST COUNT ONLY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CLASS; MONMOUTH RADIOLOGISTS, P.A., HACKENSACK RADIOLOGY GROUP, P.A., ASSOCIATED RADIOLOGISTS, P.A., JAMES M. MONAGHAN, M.D., THE AFOREMENTIONED RADIOLOGISTS, RADIOLOGY GROUP AND M.D. INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TO THE FIRST COUNT ONLY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CLASS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided January 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward W. Harker for plaintiffs (Messrs. Platoff, Heftler, Harker & Nashel, attorneys; Mr. Edward W. Harker, Mr. Howard M. Nashel and Mr. Bruce L. Nussman on the brief).

Mr. Bruce A. Cogan and Mr. Arthur R. Schmauder for defendant American Medical Association (Messrs. Shanley & Fisher, attorneys; Mr. Arthur R. Schmauder, Mr. William H. Brooks, Mr. Bruce Cogan and Mr. Dennis M. Reznick on the brief).

Mr. H. Neil Broder, Mr. Burton L. Eichler and Mr. Reuben L. Hedlund, pro haec vice, for defendants Radiological Society of New Jersey, American College of Radiology, Monmouth Radiologists, P.A., Hackensack Radiology Group, P.A., Associated Radiologists, P.A., and James M. Monaghan, M.D. (Messrs. Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg & Silver, attorneys; Mr. Burton L. Eichler and Mr. H. Neil Broder on the brief).

No appearance for defendant Atlantic City Medical Center (Messrs. Smith, Stratton, Wise & Heher, attorneys).

Mr. Robert M. Dangel for defendants Burlington County Memorial Hospital and Southern Ocean County Hospital (Messrs. Haines, Schulze, Wood & Tapper, attorneys).

Mr. Steven G. Sepaniak for defendant Dover General Hospital (Messrs. Schenck, Price, Smith & King, attorneys).

Ms. Susan I. Littman for defendants the Society of the Valley Hospital and the Hospital Center at Orange (Messrs. Riker, Danzig, Scherer & Debevoise, attorneys).

Mr. Stephen L. Abbott for defendant John F. Kennedy Medical Center (Messrs. Toolan, Romond, Abbott & Domenichetti, attorneys).


KENTZ, J.S.C.

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