LIPSIUS v. WHITE


91 A.D.2d 271 (1983)

Ruth Lipsius et al., Appellants, v. A. Burton White, Respondent

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

January 24, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton S. Teicher for appellants.

Leahey & Johnson, P. C. (Peter James Johnson and Michael Conforti of counsel), for respondent.

TITONE, J. P., MANGANO and WEINSTEIN, JJ., concur.


BOYERS, J.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries based upon the alleged medical malpractice of the defendant physician, Dr. White, who in August, 1976 operated upon plaintiff Ruth Lipsius' right hand to relieve her of symptoms which he had diagnosed as evidencing carpal tunnel syndrome, a pathological process defined by Dr. White at trial as compression symptoms on the median nerve.1 As a result, Mrs....

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