COOPER HOSP. v. SELECTIVE INS.

A-46 September Term 2020 85211.

265 A.3d 70 (2021)

249 N.J. 174

COOPER HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER on assignment by Dale Mecouch, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley G. Wojculewski argued the cause for appellant (Costello Law Firm, attorneys; Stanley G. Wojculewski , on the brief).

Laura A. Brady argued the cause for respondent (Coughlin Midlige & Garland, attorneys; Laura A. Brady , of counsel and on the brief, Morristown, NJ, and Christa P. McLeod , Florham Park, NJ, on the brief).

Robert B. Hille argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Hospital Association (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, attorneys; Robert B. Hille , Roseland, NJ, of counsel and on the brief, and John W. Kaveney and Neil Sullivan , Roseland, NJ, on the brief).

Susan Stryker argued the cause for amicus curiae Insurance Council of New Jersey (Bressler, Amery & Ross, attorneys; Susan Stryker , Florham Park, NJ, of counsel and on the brief).


In 2016, Dale Mecouch was hospitalized for approximately two months at Cooper Hospital University Medical Center (Cooper or Cooper Hospital) due to complications arising from a 1977 automobile accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. By the time of his 2016 hospitalization, Mecouch had...

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