HARRISON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

2019-01458. Index No. 514613/17.

197 A.D.3d 630 (2021)

149 N.Y.S.3d 908

2021 NY Slip Op 04703

Nikeya Harrison, Respondent, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation et al., Appellants.

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

Decided August 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York, NY ( Fay Ng and Barbara Graves-Poller of counsel), for appellants.

Zaremba Brown, PLLC, New York, NY (Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP [ Brian J. Isaac , Jillian Rosen , and Christopher J. Soverow] , of counsel), for respondent.

Rivera, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Miller and Wooten, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff was admitted to the defendant Kings County Hospital from May 2, 2016, to September 7, 2016, and underwent several surgical procedures that led to the amputation of her right leg below the knee. The plaintiff subsequently commenced this action to recover damages for medical malpractice. The defendants New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Kings County Hospital, Tim Schwartz...

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