PROBST v. ALBERT EINSTEIN MED. CTR.


82 A.D.2d 739 (1981)

Karen Probst, Respondent, v. Albert Einstein Medical Center et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant

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

June 11, 1981


Plaintiff Probst suffered from scoliosis. On January 29, 1978, she underwent corrective surgery at defendant Albert Einstein Medical Center (Center). At that time, defendant Hoppenfeld inserted a metal rod into plaintiff's spinal column. The rod was manufactured by defendant Zimmer USA, Inc. The rod allegedly fractured on June 22, 1979 and it was subsequently removed by surgery. The original complaint charged defendants Center and Hoppenfeld with negligence. Thereafter, plaintiff...

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