GARRETT v. BROOKLYN HOSP


115 Misc.2d 933 (1982)

Ernestine J. Garrett, Plaintiff, v. Brooklyn Hospital, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County.

September 15, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Jayne for defendant. Henry Stanziale for plaintiff.


ARTHUR COOPERMAN, J.

In this medical malpractice action, defendant moves to dismiss upon the ground that plaintiff's action was not commenced within the time allowed therefor.

The question this court is being asked to resolve is whether a piece of glass left in a patient's hand after an operation for its removal constitutes a foreign object within the meaning of related decisional and statutory authority.

If it does, plaintiff would be...

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