Ventola v. New Jersey Veteran's Memorial Home

This" case involves a transitional application of the principles recently announced in Lowe v. Zarghami, 158 N.J. 606, 731 A.2d 14 (1999) that govern the late notice of tort claims against public entity health-care providers under the Tort Claims Act (TCA), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 12-3. The Appellate Division decided this ease on May 24, 1999, fourteen days before our decision in Lowe.

In Lowe, the Court found that the status of a physician healthcare provider as an employee of the State was “obscured.” 158 N.J. at 630, 731 A.2d 14. This created the extraordinary circumstances permitting notice of…