SEMEL v. CULLIFORD


120 A.D.2d 901 (1986)

Sylvia Semel, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Michael Semel, Deceased, Respondent, v. Alfred T. Culliford, Appellant, et al., Defendant

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

May 29, 1986


Yesawich, Jr., J.

Suit has been brought against defendant Alfred T. Culliford, a physician (hereinafter defendant), to recover damages for "pain, suffering and inconvenience" allegedly suffered because he neglected to remove a chest suture from the now deceased plaintiff, Michael Semel (hereinafter decedent). In the course of open-heart surgery had in 1975, seven wire sutures had been implanted in decedent...

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