LIN v. WONG

Index No. 805241/16. Appeal No. 15051. Case No. 2020-04595.

202 A.D.3d 406 (2022)

162 N.Y.S.3d 45

2022 NY Slip Op 00628

Rong Lan Lin, Appellant, v. Margaret Wong, M.D., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zucker & Regev, P.C., Brooklyn ( Guy Regev of counsel), for appellant.

Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla ( Jacqueline Mandell of counsel), for Katie Zhang, M.D., respondent.

McAloon & Friedman, P.C., New York ( Gina Di Folco of counsel), for Margaret Wong, M.D., Stephen Wan, M.D. and Stephen Wan, M.D., P.L.L.C., respondents.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Manzanet-Daniels, González, Mendez, Rodriguez, JJ.


Following the delivery of plaintiff's baby, which proceeded without complication, defendant Dr. Wong manually removed the placenta from plaintiff's uterus. Two weeks later, defendant Dr. Zhang performed a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure, during which, according to a subsequent pathology report, she removed about 78 grams of "[n]ecrotic placental tissue, inflamed smooth muscle consistent with myometrium[,] and scant fragments of inflamed endometrial tissue consistent...

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