FIORENTINO v. WENGER


26 A.D.2d 693 (1966)

Jean Fiorentino, as Administratrix of The Estate of Michael Fiorentino, Deceased, Respondent, v. H. Leslie Wenger et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

July 12, 1966


Judgment affirmed, with costs.

It was virtually undisputed that plaintiff's decedent, her 14-year-old son, was caused to suffer an exsanguinating hemorrhage as the result of an operation performed upon him by the defendant physician at the defendant hospital for the purpose of correcting the decedent's scoliotic condition. The surgery performed was not the generally accepted medical treatment in the community for scoliosis...

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