L.A. EX REL. S.A. v. DIV. OF YOUTH AND FAMILY

Docket No. A-2726-11T1

56 A.3d 890 (2012)

429 N.J. Super. 48

L.A., as Parent and Legal Guardian of S.A., a minor, and L.A., individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES; New Jersey Department of Human Services, now known as Department of Children and Families; Kevin M. Ryan, Former Commissioner; Eileen Crummy, Director of Division of Youth and Family Services; Charles Venti, Former Director of Division of Youth and Family Services; Shalonda Martin; Richard Klein, Ed.D.; Catherine Hines, Cads; Gwendolyn Armstrong; Aubrey Lutz; Andrea Stokes; Monica Dudak; and Paulette Tarica, Defendants, and Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Daniel Yu, M.D., Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Mazie , Roseland, argued the cause for appellant (Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC, attorneys; Mr. Mazie, on the briefs).

Richard A. Amdur , Eatontown, argued the cause for respondent Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Amdur, Maggs & Shor, P.C., attorneys; Mr. Amdur, on the brief).

Michael P. Opacki argued the cause for respondent Daniel Yu (Buckley Theroux Kline & Petraske, LLC, attorneys; Mr. Opacki, on the brief).

Before Judges ALVAREZ, WAUGH, and ST. JOHN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WAUGH, J.A.D.

Plaintiff L.A. (Linda2) appeals the Law Division's August 13, 2010 orders dismissing her claims, brought on behalf of her minor daughter S.A. (Sally), against defendants Daniel Yu, M.D., and Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Medical Center). We reverse.

I.

We discern the following facts and procedural history from the record on appeal.

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