TYAGI v. GADELLA

Index No. 805206/15. Appeal No. 15312. Case No. 2021-01490.

202 A.D.3d 561 (2022)

2022 NY Slip Op 00992

Renuka Tyagi et al., Respondents, v. Farida Gadella, M.D., et al., Appellants.

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

Decided February 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP, New York ( Barbara D. Goldberg of counsel), for appellants.

Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, New York ( Matthew Gaier of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Oing, Singh, González, JJ.


On December 19, 2013, the injured plaintiff Renuka Tyagi (plaintiff) underwent surgery at defendant New York Presbyterian Hospital to repair a fractured ankle. Toward the end of the surgery, plaintiff's oxygen saturation dropped rapidly after defendant Dr. Anastasia Grivoyannis administered a purportedly excessive dose of propofol; as a result, plaintiff went into a respiratory depression that lasted at least six minutes. According to the pleadings, as a result of the respiratory...

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