ESCOBAR v. ALLEN, M.D.


5 A.D.3d 242 (2004)

774 N.Y.S.2d 28

CARMEN ESCOBAR, Appellant, v. STEPHEN C. ALLEN, M.D., et al., Respondents.

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

March 18, 2004.


This is a medical malpractice action in which plaintiff alleges that defendant doctors negligently performed a bunionectomy on her left foot at defendant Hospital for Special Surgery. Plaintiff maintains that as a result of the surgical procedure, she suffered a deformity and severe limitation of the motion and function of her toes, causing arthritis to develop at the joint, which may require additional operative procedures. Plaintiff also avers that metal fragments from...

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