Matynska v. Fried

Plaintiff, Helena Matynska suffered complications following hip replacement surgery, which she attributed to negligent postoperative medical treatment. She filed a complaint against Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, eleven doctors and nurses, and “John Doe, M.D. and Jane Doe, R.N.” Not named as a defendant was Dr. Mark Feierstein, who for nearly three days after her surgery, “covered” hospital rounds for his partner, Matynska’s orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Steven H. Fried.

Although Dr. Feierstein’s name appeared twice in Matynska’s hospital chart, she claims that she did not timely know that…