VAN SLYKE v. COLUMBIA MEM.


118 Misc.2d 203 (1983)

James Van Slyke, Plaintiff, v. Columbia Memorial Hospital, Inc., et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Columbia County.

March 15, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynard, O'Connor & Smith (James R. Schultz of counsel), for Columbia Memorial Hospital, defendant. Thomas R. Snow for plaintiff.


HAROLD J. HUGHES, J.

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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