In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff Mina Orner alleges that defendants failed to diagnose colon cancer during a March 17, 1993 colonoscopy performed on her husband, the decedent Moises Orner, by defendant Dr. Lichtiger at The Mount Sinai Hospital (defendant hospital). Plaintiff claims that the decedent was not diagnosed with colon cancer until early 1994, and he died several weeks later. Defendants maintain that the decedent died from an unrelated cancer.
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