Case ID: nj_53/html/0421-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CITY OF PATERSON, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THE PATERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. WILLIAM F. FORBES, ET AL., INTERVENING PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE PATERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
    Argued March 11, 1969
    Decided March 17, 1969.
    
      Mr. Adolph A. Romei argued the cause for appellant.
    
      Mr. John W. Griggs argued the cause for respondent Paterson General Hospital (Messrs. Morrison, Lloyd & Griggs, attorneys; Mr. Richard J. Ryan, on the brief).
    
      Mr. Joseph L. Gonn and Mr. Arthur G. Dwyer argued the cause for respondent City of Paterson (Mr. Gonn, attorney; Mr. Dwyer, of counsel).
    
      
      Mr. Kenneth M. Olex argued the cause for respondent Attorney General (Mr. Arthur J. Sills, attorney).
   Per Curiam.

A petition for certification was filed to review the judgment of the Appellate Division approving a settlement of the litigation. We heard argument on the application as if certification was granted. The petition for certification is granted and the judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed upon the agreement of the respondents that paragraph 5 of the contract does not mean that the Paterson General Hospital will be relieved, by virtue of that contract, of all obligation to the people of the City of Paterson at the end of the 20-year period mentioned in that paragraph.

For affirmance —- Chief Justice Weiftraub and Justices Jacobs, Erafcis, Proctor, Hale, Schettifo and Hahemaf—7.

For reversal—None.