Conor Velazquez, an Infant by His Mother and Natural Guardian, Charmaine Velazquez, Charmaine Velazquez…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that New Jersey's Good Samaritan Act does not immunize a physician who renders emergency care within a hospital. The Court reasoned that the statute’s language limits immunity to volunteers acting at the scene of an accident or emergency outside a medical facility, and that a physician providing care in a fully equipped hospital owes the ordinary standard of care.