DRAZIN v. SHANIK


171 N.J. Super. 76 (1979)

407 A.2d 1274

SAUNDRA DRAZIN AND ROBERT DRAZIN, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. DR. WILLIAM SHANIK AND DR. SOPHIA PREIKSTAS, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dennis A. Drazin argued the cause for appellants (Messrs. Drazin and Warshaw, attorneys; Mr. Drazin on the brief).

Mr. Jay Scott MacNeill argued the cause for respondent Dr. William Shanik (Messrs. McDonough, Murray & Korn, attorneys; Ms. Susan P. Pope on the brief).

Mr. Richard A. Amdur filed a brief on behalf of respondent Dr. Sophia Preikstas.

Before Judges SEIDMAN, MICHELS and DEVINE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by SEIDMAN, P.J.A.D.

This appeal is from the dismissal of a medical malpractice complaint filed against two physicians. The dismissal, on the latters' separate motions, was based on a holding that plaintiffs were collaterally estopped from bringing the action by reason of a prior determination by Judge Selikoff in the Law Division that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations. Drazin v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp...

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