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SHECTMAN v. BRANSFIELD

No. A-3035-07T2

959 A.2d 278 (2008)

403 N.J. Super. 487

Jeffrey SHECTMAN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert BRANSFIELD, M.D., Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 13, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Walsh, Eatontown, argued the cause for appellant (Amdur, Maggs & Shor, P.C., attorneys; Richard A. Amdur, of counsel and on the brief).

Anthony A. Lenza, Jr., argued the cause for respondent (Amabile & Erman, P.C., attorneys, Staten Island, NY; Mr. Lenza, on the brief).

Before Judges PARKER, YANNOTTI and LeWINN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

YANNOTTI, J.A.D.

Plaintiff Jeffrey Shectman brought this action against defendant Robert Bransfield, M.D., alleging that defendant deviated from accepted standards of psychiatric care by failing to monitor and supervise his response to certain medications and his deteriorating mental condition, and that defendant's deviations resulted in plaintiff's attempt to commit suicide. The matter was tried to a jury, which returned...

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