CAFFERATA v. PEYSER


251 N.J. Super. 256 (1991)

597 A.2d 1101

WILLIAM CAFFERATA AND SHERYL CAFFERATA, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. IRVING G. PEYSER, M.D. AND MITCHELL S. CARTER, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seeber, Bowkley, Greb & Zelante, attorneys for appellants (C. William Bowkley, Jr., on the brief).

Giblin & Combs, attorneys for respondents (Jeremy P. Cooley and Steven G. Schwesinger, on the brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, SHEBELL and D'ANNUNZIO.


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

The question raised by this appeal is whether plaintiff's medical malpractice action is barred by the entire controversy doctrine by reason of his pro se settlement of a prior Special Civil Part action brought against him by the defendants-physicians' professional association to recover its bill for services for the same medical procedure of which the malpractice suit complains. We are satisfied that...

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