GUITON v. GOTTLIEB


236 A.D.2d 203 (1997)

653 N.Y.S.2d 553

Eleanor Guiton, Respondent-Appellant, v. Joan Gottlieb, as Executrix of Arnold Gottlieb, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent

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

February 4, 1997


Plaintiff introduced expert testimony, uncontradicted by any evidence presented by defendant, that defendant's decedent fabricated 15 unnecessary, ill-fitting crowns in plaintiff's mouth, and that he negligently performed a root canal, all of which resulted in permanent injury and protracted, severe pain to plaintiff. While "[t]he weight to be given to opinion evidence ordinarily is entirely for the determination of the jury" (Commercial Cas. Ins. Co. v Roman, 269...

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