KNIGHT v. LOUBEAU, M.D.


309 A.D.2d 579 (2003)

765 N.Y.S.2d 366

LOUIS KNIGHT, as Executor of ROBERT KNIGHT, Deceased, Respondent, v. J. LOUBEAU, M.D., Appellant, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided October 14, 2003.


In 1994, defendant surgeon performed aorto-iliac bypass graft surgery on decedent as treatment for his severe arteriosclerosis. After the surgery, decedent developed a condition known as "trash feet," which results from the lodging of plaque particles in the small arteries of the feet. Ultimately, decedent's feet became gangrenous due to this condition, which required the amputation of part of his right foot and four toes of his left foot. In 1998, decedent was diagnosed...

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