CONTU v. ALBERT


18 A.D.3d 692 (2005)

795 N.Y.S.2d 740

JOHN CONTU et al., Respondents, v. PETER S. ALBERT et al., Defendants, and STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Appellant.

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

May 23, 2005.


This action arises from several operations performed by the defendants Dr. Peter S. Albert and Dr. Adley Raboy at the defendant Staten Island University Hospital (hereinafter the Hospital) to treat the plaintiff John Contu (hereinafter the plaintiff) for prostate cancer. The plaintiffs allege that the operations were performed without his informed consent. The plaintiffs further contend that the Hospital is vicariously liable for the doctors' negligence because it held the...

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