FERRARA v. SOUTH SHORE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCS.


178 A.D.2d 364 (1991)

Frank Ferrara et al., Respondents, v. South Shore Orthopedic Associates, P. C., et al., Defendants, and Constantine Foustanos, Appellant

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

December 31, 1991


It is plaintiff's theory in this wrongful death action that defendant Constantine Foustanos, M.D., in interpreting x-rays taken for the purpose of revealing the presence of an orthopedic condition, should have seen the tumor, later revealed by a CAT scan, which ultimately caused the death of plaintiff's decedent on April 22, 1985.

In January 1983, plaintiff's decedent, Paris Ferrara, was diagnosed at Memorial Hospital with "Stage III M1 adenocarcinoma of lung metastatic...

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