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GODDARD v. ORTHOPEDIC CONSULTANT ASSOCS.

90 N.J. 437 (1982)

448 A.2d 470

JOAN GODDARD AND VERNON A. GODDARD, HER HUSBAND, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ORTHOPEDIC CONSULTANT ASSOCIATES, P.A., ALFRED GREISMAN, BERNARD MURPHY AND EDMUND KAPPY, PARTNERS AND ALFRED GREISMAN, INDIVIDUALLY, BERNARD MURPHY, INDIVIDUALLY AND EDMUND KAPPY, INDIVIDUALLY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND BAYSHORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Witt argued the cause for appellants (Carton, Nary, Witt & Arvanitis, attorneys).

Gerald B. O'Connor argued the cause for respondents (Balk, Jacobs, Goldberger, Mandell, Seligsohn & O'Connor, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

The issue, here because of a dissent in the Appellate Division, R. 2:2-1(a)(2), is whether a party in a medical malpractice action may amend answers to interrogatories pursuant to R. 4:17-7 to name an additional expert after the matter has been presented to a R. 4:21 medical malpractice panel (hereafter "panel") and after the panel has rendered a unanimous...

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