Supreme Court of New Jersey

Oscar Germann

January 19, 197055 N.J. 193

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and affirmed the trial court's judgment for the defendant dentist, holding that the plaintiff failed to prove the dentist's negligence was the reasonably probable cause of the decedent's death and that the Dead Man's Act does not require clear and convincing proof of contributory negligence in dental malpractice actions.