REYES v. MEADOWLANDS HOSP. MED. CTR.


809 A.2d 875 (2001)

355 N.J. Super. 226

Frank REYES as the General Administrator and Administrator Ad Prosequendum for the Estate of Debbie Reyes and Frank Reyes Individually, Plaintiff, v. MEADOWLANDS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, Morris R. Bellifemine, M.D., Ellis Wilcox, M.D., Hudson Physicians Associates, Iftikar Ahmad, M.D., ABC Surgeons Group I-X (said names being fictitious, true names presently unknown), Michael Vassallo, M.D., DEF Anesthesia Group I-X (said names being fictitious, true names presently unknown), John Doe, M.D. I-X (said names being fictitious, true names presently unknown), Robert Roe, M.D. I-X (said names being fictitious, true names presently unknown), James Foe, M.D. I-X (said names being fictitious, true names presently unknown), GHI Physicians Group I-X (said names being fictitious, true names presently unknown), and/or Jane Doe, R.N. I-X and/or Michael Moe, R.N. I-X (said names being fictitious, true names presently unknown), Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Civil Part, Hudson County.

Decided April 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(Maggiano DiGirolamo & Lizzi, attorneys), Michael Maggiano, Fort Lee, for plaintiff.

(Bumgardner & Ellis, attorneys), Jared P. Kingsley, Clark, for defendant Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center.

(Buckley & Theroux, attorneys), Tess J. Kline, Princeton, for defendants Morris Bellifemine, M.D., Ellis Wilcoz, M.D., and Hudson Physicians Associates.

Francis & O'Farrell, Morristown, for defendant Michael Vassallo, D.O., Evelyn C. Farkas, Fairfield, appearing.


FUENTES, J.S.C.

This cause of action involves a claim of medical malpractice and wrongful death in which plaintiff is alleging that Meadowlands Hospital deviated from accepted standards of care in failing to properly diagnose and treat decedent, Debbie Reyes. Ms. Reyes was admitted to Meadowlands Hospital on August 1, 1998 and remained until August 23, 1998. Plaintiff alleges that in the course of an attempted laproscopic colosceptomy Ms. Reyes went into cardiac arrest...

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