Szemple v. University of Medicine & Dentistry

OPINION

MCNULTY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Craig Francis Szemple, while an inmate at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, developed a dental problem.1 Dr. Charles Getzoff, D.D.S., an oral surgeon, performed a tooth extraction at the prison medical clinic. Szemple alleges that Dr. Getzoff broke a filling, severed nerves, and cut a major blood vessel under the tongue. Afterward, bleeding continued, and Szemple lost some 1.5 liters of blood. He required hospitalization and transfusions, and suffered other medical consequences.

In 2010, Szemple brought this action…