HUDGINS v. SERRANO


186 N.J. Super. 465 (1982)

453 A.2d 218

ROSE LEE HUDGINS, ADMINISTRATRIX AND ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD G. HUDGINS, DECEASED, AND ROSE LEE HUDGINS, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. FRANCISCO SERRANO, M.D., JOHN P. MULLEN, M.D., SURA POL ARKKRAPRIDI A/K/A SURA POL ARK, M.D., WARREN HOSPITAL, A CORPORATION TRANSACTING AND DOING BUSINESS IN NEW JERSEY, C.F. FRANTZ, R.N., B. PORTER, G.N., JANE DOE (FICTITIOUS NAME) AND MARY ROE (FICTITIOUS NAME), DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Brennan argued the cause for appellant Mullen (Shanley & Fisher, attorneys; Richard E. Brennan and Thomas J. Alworth, on the brief).

Leonard Rosenstein argued the cause for appellants Warren Hospital, Frantz and Porter (Feuerstein, Sachs & Maitlin, attorneys).

Jac B. Weiseman argued the cause for respondent (Blume & Weiseman, attorneys).

Before Judges FRITZ, ARD and TRAUTWEIN.


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

In this action for conscious pain and suffering to plaintiff's decedent and for dependency damages in a wrongful death action, all predicated upon alleged medical malpractice, the jury returned a verdict in the amount of $7,500 in the survival action and in the amount of $1,150,000 in the death action. Following the denial of the motion of Dr. Mullen for a new trial on all issues, a remittitur or in...

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