SPEAR v. RISH


161 A.D.2d 197 (1990)

Peggy A. Spear et al., Appellants, v. Benito B. Rish et al., Respondents

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

May 3, 1990


Plaintiff Peggy Ann Spear, then 16 years of age, underwent a rhinoplasty in 1965 performed by defendant Rish during which the physician allegedly negligently caused a perforation in her nose and concealed the injury by injecting silicone, contrary to accepted medical practice and in violation of law. The course of treatment was concluded in 1967, and plaintiff did not visit defendant physician again until July of 1975, when she...

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