LAFFERTY v. MANHASSET HOSP.


54 N.Y.2d 277 (1981)

Raymond R. Lafferty, as Administrator of The Estate of Anna E. Lafferty, Deceased, Plaintiff, and Helen M. Lafferty, Appellant, v. Manhasset Medical Center Hospital et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Amrod and Michael J. Creighton for appellant.

Howard S. Davis and Barry M. Hoffman for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

The third and fourth causes of action of plaintiffs' complaint arise out of an alleged medical malpractice by the defendant Manhasset Medical Center Hospital in transfusing mismatched blood into Anna E. Lafferty who was a patient at the hospital. The plaintiff Helen M. Lafferty was the daughter-in-law of Anna and brings these causes of action in essence, to recover...

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