COLE v. JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

A-6 September Term 2012, 070542.

72 A.3d 224 (2013)

215 N.J. 265

Karen COLE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant, and Liberty Anesthesia Associates, LLC, Defendant-Appellant, and Jersey City Medical Center, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Liberty Anesthesia Associates, LLC, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 14, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominick J. Bratti argued the cause for appellant (Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, attorneys; Mr. Bratti and Annemarie T. Greenan , Woodbridge, on the briefs).

Gerald J. Resnick , Roseland, argued the cause for respondent (Resnick Law Group, attorneys).

Jonathan Romberg argued the cause for amicus curiae Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice.


Judge CUFF (temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, we address a party's ability to invoke an arbitration clause where that party moved to compel arbitration twenty-one months after being joined as a defendant to an action and after actively participating in the litigation involving the other party to the arbitration agreement.

Plaintiff, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), was employed by a company that had a...

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