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CLARK v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-UMDNJ

914 A.2d 838 (2006)

390 N.J. Super. 108

Dorothy CLARK, as Administratrix Ad Prosequendum and General Administratrix of the Estate of William M. Clark, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-UMDNJ; Raquel Forsythe, M.D., Thomas Chiodo, M.D., Defendants-Appellants, and Kenneth G. Swan, M.D., Kelly McLear, R.N., Ron C. Bagley, R.N., Michelle Haynes Mintz, R.N., and Beatrice Addo, R.N., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 15, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Ruprecht, Millburn, argued the cause for appellants (Ruprecht, Hart & Weeks, attorneys; Mr. Ruprecht, of counsel and on the brief).

David A. Mazie, argued the cause for respondent (Nagel, Rice & Mazie, attorneys; Mr. Mazie, of counsel and on the brief; Randee M. Matloff, Roseland, on the brief).

Before Judges LEFELT, PARRILLO and SAPP-PETERSON.

LEFELT, P.J.A.D.

Plaintiff decedent, William Clark, sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident and came under the care of defendants Dr. Raquel Forsythe and Dr. Thomas Chiodo, who were residents at defendant University Hospital—University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. According to plaintiff's expert, the doctors failed to properly drain the gastric contents from William Clark's stomach causing him to choke to death on his own vomit during...

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