NJ Justices Skeptical Of Settlement Credit In Med Mal Case

By Bill Wichert (October 1, 2021, 7:29 PM EDT) -- The New Jersey Supreme Court cast doubt Friday on whether a hospital and medical professionals could obtain an offsetting monetary credit in a wrongful death case based on a widower's related settlement with a restaurant where his late wife injured her ankle, suggesting it would conflict with the fault allocation system under the state's Comparative Negligence Act....

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