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LEMLEK v. ISRAEL

78 N.Y.2d 891 (1991)

Adele Lemlek, Respondent, v. Robert M. Israel, Appellant, and Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Salerno for appellant.

Albert E. Silbowitz and Sebastian Randazzo for Adele Lemlek, respondent.

Howard R. Cohen and Maureen C. O'Neill for Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute, respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur in memorandum; Judge BELLACOSA taking no part.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified, with costs to defendant Israel against plaintiff, by ordering a new trial as to damages, and, as so modified, affirmed, with costs to defendant Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute against defendant Israel.

The Appellate Division correctly held that the jury's findings of liability on the part of defendant Israel and no liability on the...

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