The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether a hospital maintains the right of confidentiality for its internal review documents detailing adverse events even when it does not follow mandated procedure for reporting incidents to the state Department of Health.

A lawyer representing medical malpractice plaintiff Janella Brugaletta on Monday asked the justices to overturn an intermediate appellate ruling that overturned a trial judge’s decision ordering Chilton Memorial Hospital to hand over in discovery its self-critical analysis of Brugaletta’s care.

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