CURRIER v. ST. PETER'S HOSP.


89 A.D.2d 693 (1982)

Edna J. Currier, Respondent, v. St. Peter's Hospital et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants

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

July 15, 1982


In March, 1974, plaintiff Edna Currier was admitted to St. Peter's Hospital (hospital) as a patient of defendant Dr. William Kite. On March 15, 1974, Dr. Kite, assisted by defendant Dr. Chandrashaker Gona, a hospital employee, performed a laminectomy on plaintiff. The following day, Dr. Kite discovered that plaintiff had a left foot drop. It is unclear whether Dr. Kite saw plaintiff on the next day, March 17, 1974. However, the hospital nurses' notes indicate that on that...

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