GOODMAN v. NEWARK BETH ISRAEL


251 N.J. Super. 533 (1991)

598 A.2d 956

MARCIA GOODMAN, AS ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF DIEDRE JEAN GOODMAN AND MARCIA GOODMAN, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS, v. NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, DR. TORRES, DR. A.Y. CAMPBELL, DR. KAPPY, DR. REAVIS, DR. ROSARIO, DR. A.M. CAMPBELL, DR. ABDUL SAMADY, DR. ELLRICK MURRAY, DR. MITCHELL MOE, NURSE LESLIE LOE, NURSE PAT POE, AND NURSE SARA SOE, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Essex County.

Decided August 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Lofton for plaintiffs (Lofton & Wolfe, attorneys; James H. Wolfe, III, on the brief).

Peter A. Greene for defendants Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Dr. Torres, Dr. A.Y. Campbell, Dr. Kappy, Dr. Reavis and Dr. A.M. Campbell (Feuerstein, Sachs, Maitlin & Fleming, attorneys).

John North for defendant Dr. Abdul Samady (MacKenzie, Welt, Duane, Maher & North, attorneys).

Susan R. Leib for defendant Dr. Ellrick Murray (Mortenson & Pomeroy, attorneys; Stephen O. Mortenson, of counsel).


VILLANUEVA, J.S.C.

The issue in defendants' motion to bar certain expert testimony in this wrongful death action is whether evidence of the pecuniary losses of decedent's mother is admissible at the trial when the decedent is survived by a daughter.

The court holds that, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:31-4 (the wrongful death statute) and N.J.S.A. 3B:5-4 (the intestate succession statute), plaintiff, as administratrix ad prosequendum, may recover...

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