VIGO v. NEW YORK HOSPITAL


294 A.D.2d 226 (2002)

741 N.Y.S.2d 859

JOSE VIGO, Respondent, v. NEW YORK HOSPITAL et al., Appellants.

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

Decided May 21, 2002.


The jury's affirmative verdict as to defendant-physician's liability in this medical malpractice action by a departure from accepted medical standards during the brain tumor operation was supported by sufficient evidence as a matter of law (see, Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45 N.Y.2d 493, 498-499). Given the severity and permanence of the neurological injuries resulting from defendants' malpractice, the verdict, as reduced pursuant to...

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