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HALL v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP.

777 A.2d 1002 (2001)

343 N.J. Super. 88

Shirley Potoczak HALL, Priscilla Skyta, Paul Potoczak and the Estate of Leon Potoczak, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 25, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clara R. Smit, East Brunswick; Marc Charmatz and Mary Vargas, of the Maryland bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys for appellants (Ms. Smit, on the brief).

Respondent has not filed a brief.

Before Judges HAVEY, CUFF and LISA.

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

Leon Potoczak was deaf and communicated primarily through American Sign Language (ASL). He was admitted to defendant Saint Joseph's Hospital (Hospital) ten times between 1987 and 1996. He died in 1996 following a stroke. Defendant did not provide ASL interpreters during any of these hospitalizations. Following their father's death in 1996, plaintiffs Shirley Potoczak...

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