PETROCCO v. DOVER GENERAL HOSP.


273 N.J. Super. 501 (1994)

642 A.2d 1016

ERNEST S. PETROCCO, D.C., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. DOVER GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER; BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DOVER GENERAL HOSPITAL; EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF DOVER GENERAL HOSPITAL; WAYNE C. SCHIFFNER, PRESIDENT OF DOVER GENERAL HOSPITAL, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, v. NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AND THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS-INTERVENORS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene P. Dolan argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Dolan, on the brief).

Andrew F. McBride, III, argued the cause for respondents (Kalison & McBride, attorneys; Brian M. Foley, on the brief).

Todd C. Brower argued the cause for respondents-intervenors (Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, attorneys; Burton L. Eichler and Todd C. Brower, of counsel; Mr. Brower, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, HAVEY and Arnold M. STEIN.


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

Plaintiff, a chiropractor, appeals from a judgment of the Chancery Division denying his claim for staff privileges at Dover General Hospital and Medical Center, an acute-care private, general hospital. The hospital's bylaws did not provide for staff privileges for chiropractors and the institution declined to process plaintiff's application. The hospital board appointed an ad hoc

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