Legal Opinion
Natale v. Camden County Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 7, 2003No. 01-3449PublishedCited by 1,869 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
We decide two issues: whether New Jersey law required Daniel and Kathleen Natale (collectively, the “Natales”; in the singular, the reference is to Daniel Natale) to file an affidavit of merit in order to state a medical malpractice claim, and whether the Natales provided sufficient evidence of a governmental policy or custom for their claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to survive the motion of Prison Health Services (“PHS”) for summary judgment. The District Court dismissed the Natales’ malpractice claim on the grounds that New Jersey law required the…
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