Dick v. Atlantic City Medical Center

MILLER, J. S. C.

This is a medical malpractice action. The question herein presented is whether defendant Dr. Lee must submit to his deposition being taken before he has had an opportunity to review the report of plaintiff’s expert.

The factual background may briefly be stated. This suit arises out of treatment received by plaintiff’s decedent in the emergency room of the Atlantic City Medical Center on April 6, 1977. Discovery was initiated by defendant by interrogatories propounded on plaintiff while the complaint was being served. One interrogatory sought copies of plaintiff’s proposed…