MATTHEWS v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPS. CORP.


200 A.D.2d 399 (1994)

606 N.Y.S.2d 206

Perline Matthews et al., Appellants, v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Respondent

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

January 11, 1994


Plaintiff Perline Matthews underwent a hysterectomy in Metropolitan Hospital on October 24, 1983. In the night following the surgery, she experienced a burning sensation around her buttocks. At trial she testified that she also experienced pain in her rectum. On behalf of the plaintiff, the hospital's dermatologist testified that Mrs. Matthews suffered from erythematosis, large blisters filled with clear liquid. In the absence of a prior history of the condition, and upon...

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