Legal Opinion
Charpentier v. Godsil
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 28, 1991No. Nos. 90-5656, 90-5701PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
Dr. Jacob Lewis, a physician employed by the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, appeals from a judgment awarding damages for malpractice under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act. Philip Char-pentier, who won this judgment, cross-appeals. Because we hold that the district court misinterpreted the scope of Dr. Lewis’s immunity under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, we will reverse the judgment in favor of Charpentier. We reject the arguments raised in Charpentier’s cross-appeal.
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The following facts are not in dispute. Philip Charpentier has been diagnosed as…
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