Dr. Sterry established his entitlement to judgment as a matter of law in this action alleging medical malpractice. Dr. Sterry, a plastic surgeon, submitted evidence showing that the abdominoplasty he performed upon plaintiff Desiree Fortich was in a different surgical tissue plane from where the codefendant physicians performed the more invasive gynecological surgery and where the small bowel perforations were eventually located (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp.,
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FORTICH v. KY-MIYASAKA
9113-9114, 300963/08.
102 A.D.3d 610 (2013)
959 N.Y.S.2d 61
2013 NY Slip Op 535
DESIREE FORTICH et al., Appellants, v. ALEX JENNY KY-MIYASAKA et al., Defendants, and THOMAS P. STERRY, Respondent.
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Decided January 31, 2013.
Decided January 31, 2013.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.
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