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IAFELICE v. ZARAFU

221 N.J. Super. 278 (1987)

534 A.2d 417

RENEE IAFELICE, AN INFANT BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ANTHONY IAFELICE, ANTHONY IAFELICE, INDIVIDUALLY AND MADONNA IAFELICE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ILANA W. ZARAFU, M.D., NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, PO-I TSENG, M.D., NICOLE COHEN-ADDAD, M.D., ABBOTT J. KRIEGER, M.D., EDWARD ANTONIO, M.D., ANTHONY EMANUEL, M.D. AND TELLY DE MESA, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND SAUL M. LUCHS, M.D., RICHARD MANSFIELD, M.D., SARVESH K. NIGAM, 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., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith O. Evans argued the cause for appellants (Marcus and Evans, attorneys; Keith O. Evans, on the brief).

Thomas F. Campion argued the cause for respondent Zarafu (Shanley & Fisher, attorneys; Thomas F. Campion, Joan S. Antokol and William D. Sanders, on the brief.

William H. Michelson argued the cause for respondents Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Po-I Tseng and Nicole Cohen-Addad; (Feuerstein, Sachs, Maitlin & Fleming, attorneys; William H. Michelson, on the brief).

William S. Mezzomo argued the cause for respondents Krieger, Antonio, Emanuel and de Mesa (McDonough, Murray & Korn, attorneys; Peter L. Korn, of counsel; William S. Mezzomon, on the brief).

Before Judges ANTELL, DEIGHAN and COHEN.

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

Anthony Iafelice and Madonna Iafelice are the parents of Renee Iafelice, who was born prematurely on October 2, 1980. The infant suffered catastrophic brain damage at birth as the result of an interventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus so that she now functions at the level of a four-month old infant who will require permanent institutional care.

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