Bedford v. Riello

The essential question presented in this appeal is whether the adjustment of an this case a within the permitted scope of chiropractic practice under New Jersey law. More particularly, the issue is whether adjustment of a knee is within the contemplation of N.J.A.C. which allows for chiropractic manipulation of the “articulations of the spine and related structures.” The trial judge held, as a matter of law, that a knee is always a “related structure” under the rule. The Appellate Division disagreed concluding, also as a matter of law, that a knee can never be considered a “related structure”…