Buckelew v. Grossbard

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

CLIFFORD, J.

In this action for personal injuries based on medical malpractice the trial court set aside a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and entered judgment for defendant. The court held that plaintiff’s expert had offered no more than a “net opinion,” which, under Parker v. Goldstein, 78 N.J.Super. 472 (App.Div.), certif. den., 40 N.J. 225 (1963), was insufficient to warrant submitting to the jury the question of defendant physician’s deviation from the applicable standard of care. The Appellate Division, in an unreported opinion, affirmed the…