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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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