· 6/24/2008
DiCarlo v. St. Mary Hospital
Citations
- 530 F.3d 255
- 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 13313
- 2008 WL 2498106
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that in the context of a specific agreement, “‘all charges’ unambiguously can only refer to [the hospital’s] uniform charges set forth in its Chargemaster”
- using Charge Master to refer to the hospital’s “index of prices for services, supplies and medications.”
- affirming dismissal of NJCFA claim against defendants St. Mary Hospital, Bon Secours New Jersey Health System, Inc., and Bon Secours Health System, Inc. under learned professionals exception
- finding “the price term was not in fact open, and that ‘all charges’ unambiguously can only refer to St. Mary’s uniform charges set forth in its Chargemaster”
- analyzing parties’ written contract and holding “in the context of this case, the price term was not in fact open, and that ‘all charges’ unambiguously can only refer to St. Mary’s uniform charges set forth in its Chargemaster”
- “New Jersey courts have consistently held that professionals are not covered by the Consumer Fraud Act.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Debevoise, Fuentes, Chagares, Aldisert
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