LABEGA v. JOSHI

DOCKET NOS. A-3399-20, A-3400-20, A-3401-20, A-3402-20.

270 A.3d 378 (2022)

470 N.J. Super. 472

Shawn LABEGA, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Hetal C. JOSHI, M.D., Jonathan Borja, PA-C, Mary V. Whitecavage, RN, Colleen T. Murphy, RN, Carolyn Hudak, RN, Middlesex Emergency Physicians, P.A., JFK Medical Center, and Hackensack Meridian Health, Defendants-Appellants, and Teamhealth Holdings, Inc. a/k/a Teamhealth, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orlovsky Moody Schaaff Conlon Bedell McGann & Gabrysiak, attorneys for appellants Mary V. Whitecavage, RN, Colleen T. Murphy, RN, Carolyn Hudak, RN, JFK Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health in A-3399-20 ( Anthony W. Liberatore and Michael M. McGann , on the brief).

Jay J. Blumberg , Woodbury, argued the cause for appellant Jonathan Borja, PA-C in A-3400-20 (Blumberg & Wolk, LLC, attorneys; Jay J. Blumberg , of counsel and on the brief; Erika L. Mohr , on the brief).

Kenneth M. Brown argued the cause for appellant Hetal C. Joshi, M.D. in A-3401-20 (Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, attorneys; Kenneth M. Brown , of counsel and on the brief; Justyn M. Coddington and Jennifer Suh , Bedminster, on the brief).

Mark A. Petraske , Princeton, argued the cause for appellant Middlesex Emergency Physicians, PA in A-3402-20 (Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski, attorneys; Mark A. Petraske , of counsel and on the brief; Ryan A. Notarangelo , on the brief).

Bruce H. Nagel , Roseland, argued the cause for respondent Shawn Labega (Nagel Rice, LLP, attorneys; Bruce H. Nagel and Susan Fetten Connors , of counsel and on the briefs).

Before Judges Messano, Accurso and Rose.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

We permitted defendants in this medical malpractice action leave to appeal the trial court's denial of their motions for partial summary judgment on plaintiff's claims for breach of contract and hospital policy based on a third-party beneficiary theory as well as his claims for negligence...

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