MEYERS v. EPSTEIN

No. 01-Civ. 1754(GWG).

232 F.Supp.2d 192 (2002)

Gary MEYERS, Individually and Guardian ad litem for Samara Meyers (a minor) and Patricia Meyers, Plaintiffs, v. Fred EPSTEIN, M.D., Ira Richmond Abbott, III, M.D., John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10, ABC Corporations 1-10 Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Nagel, Robert H. Solomon, Nagel Rice Dreifuss & Mazie, LLP, Livingston, New Jersey, for Plaintiffs.

Elliot J. Zucker, Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case arises out of brain surgery performed on Samara Meyers, who was eleven years old at the time. Plaintiffs, Samara and her parents, allege that a doctor who had no authority to operate on Samara performed her surgery — a situation that is colloquially described as "ghost surgery." The defendants are the doctor who is alleged to have told the Meyers that he alone would be...

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