GEWECKE v. WOLARSKY


186 N.J. Super. 166 (1982)

451 A.2d 995

MUTEK CHU GEWECKE, ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARTIN GEWECKE, DEC'D, PLAINTIFF, v. EVAN WOLARSKY; C.N. STOVER; PATRICIA WOOD, M.D.; STEVEN M. SCHWARTZ AND JOSEPH SPALTRO, JOINTLY, SEVERALLY AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Burlington County.

Decided August 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Kenney for plaintiff (Archer, Greiner & Read, attorneys).

Robert J. Brookes for defendant Wood (Martin, Crawshaw & Mayfield, attorneys).

Donald J. Grasso for defendants Wolarsky and Stover (Orlovsky, Grasso & Orlovsky, attorneys).

Thomas B. Leyhane for defendant Schwartz (Shanley & Fisher, attorneys).


HAINES, A.S.J.C.

This is a medical malpractice action. Martin Gewecke, a physician, was seriously injured in the crash of a glider which he was piloting. He died after certain medical procedures had been undertaken. Dr. August Ciell, one of plaintiff's experts, provided an opinion that defendant Dr. Steven M. Schwartz had been negligent in failing to obtain necessary information from another doctor prior to surgery and, for that reason and others, failing to make...

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