Safer v. Estate of Pack

291 N.J. Super. 619 (App. Div. 1996)

Holding: The surgeon treating plaintiff’s father for a genetically

transmissible disease that is always fatal unless timely checked

and treated, had the duty to advise that patient’s child and the

patient’s siblings that they were at risk for this disease and needed

to be routinely checked for its occurrence and timely treated should

the disease arise.

Safer v. Estate of Pack