BERNSTEIN v. CHESLOCK


171 N.J. Super. 566 (1979)

410 A.2d 271

DAVID BERNSTEIN, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF LILLIAN BERNSTEIN, AND DAVID BERNSTEIN, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. EUGENE CHESLOCK, PAULO C. FERREIRA AND RICHARD A. KRULL, M.D.S T/A CENTRAL JERSEY HEMATOLOGY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND HAROLD CHAFKIN, M.D., RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Gottesman, attorney for appellant.

McMenaman & Grasso, attorneys for respondent Harold Chafkin (Donald J. Grasso on the brief).

Defendants-respondents did not file a brief.

Before Judges SEIDMAN, MICHELS and DEVINE.


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

This is a medical malpractice case in which we granted plaintiff leave to appeal from the denial of an unopposed application to amend his complaint to add another physician as a party defendant. We did so to consider, in light of Lopez v. Swyer, 62 N.J. 267 (1973), the correctness of the trial judge's ruling that...

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