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WILLIAMSON v. WALDMAN

150 N.J. 232 (1997)

696 A.2d 14

KAREN WILLIAMSON AND JAMES WILLIAMSON, HER HUSBAND, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. LEONARD WALDMAN, M.D., JEFFREY FELDMAN, M.D. AND JACQUES LOSMAN, M.D., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND JOHN DOE, M.D. (A FICTITIOUS NAME), RICHARD ROE (A FICTITIOUS NAME), SUE SOE (A FICTITIOUS NAME) AND ABC-XYZ CORP. (A SERIES OF FICTITIOUS NAMES), DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Francis argued the cause for appellant Jacques Losman, M.D. (Francis & Berry, attorneys; Mr. Francis and Joan B. Lorio, of counsel; Peter A. Olsen, on the brief).

Stephen O. Mortenson argued the cause for appellant Leonard Waldman, M.D. (Mortenson & Pomeroy, attorneys; Robert J. Mormile, on the brief).

John Zen Jackson argued the cause for appellant Jeffrey Feldman, M.D. (Jackson & Buckley, attorneys; Sean P. Buckley, of counsel; Daniel R. Esposito, on the brief).

David M. Fried argued the cause for respondents (Blume, Goldfaden, Berkowitz, Donnelly, Fried & Forte, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

This case is based on plaintiff's complaint for negligent infliction of emotional distress resulting from her fear of contracting AIDS. Plaintiff, a cleaning person, was pricked by a sharp medical instrument that had been discarded improperly in a general trash receptacle at an office shared by several medical doctors. Fearing that she had contracted AIDS from the prick, plaintiff instituted this suit against the...

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