· 2/9/1981
Hospital Center at Orange v. Cook
Citations
- 426 A.2d 526
- 177 N.J. Super. 289
- 1981 N.J. Super. LEXIS 457
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the private right of action available to individual indigents can be used either affirmatively or defensively
- under New Jersey law, “violation of public policy is a traditionally cognizable and viable affirmative defense to a contract action”
- following Euresti’s reasoning that indigent clients are intended beneficiaries
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Judges: Judges Allcorn, Kole and Pressler
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