HEMMEN v. ATLANTIC CITY MED. CTR.


758 A.2d 1145 (1999)

334 N.J. Super. 274

William HEMMEN, Plaintiff, v. ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Atlantic County.

Decided July 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Sheppard, Esquire, Mutchko & Sheppard, Deptford, for Plaintiff William Hemmen.

Jeffrey S. McClain, Esquire, Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel, Atlanitc City, for Defendant Atlantic City Medical Center.


SELTZER, J.S.C.

This motion tests the sufficiency of proofs which Plaintiff claims require the application of res ipsa loquitur in a medical malpractice action. The facts are relatively simple: Plaintiff was admitted to the Defendant hospital complaining of abdominal pain resulting from a condition ultimately diagnosed as chronic pancreatitis. The treatment rendered included the intramuscular administration of Demerol to control pain. Shortly after the injection...

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