Linda C. Lowe and Thomas Lowe, Wife and Husband, Plaintiffs-Respondents v. Faramarz C. Zarghami, M.D…

Summary

The Supreme Court held that a clinical professor employed by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who practices at an affiliated private hospital is a public employee for purposes of the Tort Claims Act, and that the plaintiff presented extraordinary circumstances justifying a late notice of claim under the Act. Accordingly, the Court reversed the Appellate Division’s summary‑judgment ruling and remanded for further proceedings.