LANZET v. GREENBERG


222 N.J. Super. 540 (1988)

537 A.2d 742

ESTHER LANZET, ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATES OF ANNA LANZET AND MAX LANZET, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. LAWRENCE M. GREENBERG, M.D.; SAVAREN SCANNPIEGO, M.D.; TALLAT BEKHIT, M.D.; ROSE L. OEN, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS-CROSS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Dorrity argued the cause for appellant.

Bradley M. Wilson argued the cause for defendant Greenberg (Feuerstein, Sachs, Maitlin & Fleming, attorneys; Douglas F. Ortelere, on the brief).

Neil Reiseman argued the cause for defendant Scannpiego (Conway, Reiseman, Mattia & Sharp, attorneys; Neil Reiseman, on the brief).

John P. Beirne argued the cause for defendant Bekhit (Lamb, Hartung, Coughlin, Kretzer & Reinman, attorneys; Robert D. Kretzer and John P. Beirne, on the brief).

Lawrence H. Jacobs argued the cause for defendant Oen (Francis & Berry, attorneys; Lawrence H. Jacobs, of counsel; Evelyn C. Farkas, on the brief).

Before Judges ANTELL, DEIGHAN and LANDAU.


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

This personal injury action was brought against four defendant physicians for medical malpractice during cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation surgery performed upon Anna Lanzet on August 29, 1983. According to the verdict, Anna Lanzet suffered irreversible brain damage as the result of defendants' negligence and remained in a chronic persistent vegetative state until her death on September...

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