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IAFELICE EX REL. IAFELICE v. LUCHS

206 N.J. Super. 103 (1985)

501 A.2d 1040

RENEE IAFELICE, AN INFANT BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ANTHONY IAFELICE, ANTHONY IAFELICE, INDIVIDUALLY AND MADONNA IAFELICE, PLAINTIFFS, v. SAUL M. LUCHS, M.D., RICHARD MANSFIELD, M.D., ILANA W. ZARAFU, M.D., NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, PO-I TSENG, M.D., SARVESH K. NIGAM, M.D., NICOLE COHEN-ADDAD, M.D., JOYCE CHUACHINGO, JOHN OR JANE CALABRESE, FIRST NAME FICTITIOUS, PALISADES GENERAL HOSPITAL, ISABEL LISA, R.N., DORAIKANNU BALAKUMAR, M.D., SAYED M.K. UDDIN, M.D., PALISADES ANESTHESIA GROUP, P.A., ABBOTT J. KRIEGER, M.D., EDWARD ANTONIO, M.D., ANTHONY EMANUEL, M.D., AND TELLY DE MESA, M.D., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Hudson County.

Decided August 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey I. Marcus for plaintiffs.

David P. Weeks for defendant Ilana W. Zarafu, M.D. (Shanley & Fisher, attorneys).

Barbara Billig for defendants Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Po-I Tseng, M.D., and Nicole Cohen-Addad, M.D. (Feuerstein, Sachs, Maitlin, Rosenstein & Fleming, attorneys).

Peter L. Korn for defendants Abbot J. Krieger, M.D., Edward Antonio, M.D., Anthony Emanuel, M.D., and Telly deMesa, M.D. (McDonough, Murray & Korn, attorneys).

OPINION

YOUNG, J.S.C.

In discharging the duty of informed consent, is a physician negligent in failing to inform parents of a newborn infant manifesting a life-threatening condition, namely hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular hemorrhage, that they had the alternative of non-treatment and letting the baby die? That is the issue presented on motions for summary judgment filed on behalf of defendants, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and

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