AMAR v. LUTHERAN MED. CTR.


238 A.D.2d 294 (1997)

656 N.Y.S.2d 927

Ilham Amar et al., Appellants, v. Lutheran Medical Center, Respondent

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

April 7, 1997


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

On May 13, 1991, the plaintiff Ilham Amar, while a patient at the defendant Lutheran Medical Center, allegedly tried to elevate the foot portion of her hospital bed when the bed collapsed to its lowest position. At trial, the plaintiffs proceeded on the theory of res ipsa loquitur and the jury rendered a unanimous verdict in favor of the defendant.

The trial court properly denied the plaintiffs' motion pursuant...

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