CZEPAS v. SCHENK


827 A.2d 1080 (2003)

362 N.J. Super. 216

Tadeusz CZEPAS and Dorota Czepas, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Respondents, v. Richard S. SCHENK, M.D., Janet Einhorn, P.T., and Overlook Hospital, Defendants-Respondents/Cross-Appellants, and Joseph D. Zuckerman, M.D., Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ball Livingston, attorneys for appellants/cross-respondents (Stuart S. Ball, of counsel; Mr. Ball and Susan J. Abraham, on the brief).

Lunga, Evers & Johnson, attorneys for respondent/cross-appellant Richard S. Schenk, M.D. (Robert T. Evers, of counsel; Jennifer M. Martin, on the brief).

Schenck, Price, Smith & King, attorneys for respondents/cross-appellants Atlantic Health System/Overlook Hospital Campus and Janet Einhorn, P.T. (T.C.C. Humick, of counsel; Peter A. Marra, on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, LEFELT and WINKELSTEIN.


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

In September 1997 plaintiff Tadeusz Czepas was injured as he tried to jump into a rolling car which was about to strike his wife, plaintiff Dorota Czepas.1 He was treated for his injuries by defendant medical providers. Believing he received inadequate medical care, in the spring of 1999 plaintiff contacted counsel who had an orthopedic specialist review plaintiff's medical...

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