Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.
The defendant performed a hysterectomy and ovarian cystectomies on the plaintiff Barbara Voulo (hereinafter the plaintiff). During closure, the defendant observed a "bleeder" and used an electric cautery in an attempt to stop the bleeding. In doing so, he burned a one- to two-centimeter hole in the plaintiff's abdomen. Over the next two days, she lost a substantial...
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