FOX v. WHITE PLAINS MED. CTR.


125 A.D.2d 538 (1986)

Edward Fox et al., Appellants, v. White Plains Medical Center, Respondent

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

December 22, 1986


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

After undergoing minor surgery at the defendant hospital, the plaintiff Edward Fox, to whom general anesthesia had been administered, arose from his hospital bed and attempted to walk unassisted to the bathroom. He became dizzy and fell, severely injuring his back. The plaintiffs attribute the accident to the failure of the defendant hospital to have siderails on the patient's hospital bed and maintain that the gravamen...

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