The issue here is whether an allegation that a hospital hired an unqualified radiology group for service in the hospital's emergency room constitutes "medical malpractice" for the purpose of the short Statute of Limitations set forth in CPLR 214-a.
On June 25, 1977, plaintiff went to the emergency room of the Columbia Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. The X-ray services in the...
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