Judgment affirmed, insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On November 12, 1975, the appellant Dr. Ish Kumar, a neurosurgeon, performed an operation termed a "decompressive cervical laminectomy and foraminotomy" upon the plaintiff Edith Rivers, who was then 46 years of age. It is undisputed that as a result of this surgery, the plaintiff suffered damage to the long tract of her spinal cord. The plaintiff claimed that the appellant was negligent in performing unnecessary...
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