KNISH v. MEEHAN


291 A.D.2d 647 (2002)

737 N.Y.S.2d 423

HELEN KNISH et al., Appellants, v. JOHN F. MEEHAN et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 14, 2002.


Mercure, J.P.

On or about April 17, 1996, plaintiff Helen Knish (hereinafter plaintiff) lost the sight in her left eye due to a blockage of the blood supply to the optic nerve resulting from temporal arteritis, an inflammation of the area surrounding the arteries leading to the eyes, head and jaw. This medical malpractice action against plaintiff's ophthalmologist, defendant John F. Meehan (hereinafter defendant), is grounded on the assertion that defendant deviated...

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