Schiffman v. Hospital for Joint Diseases
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHopkins, J.
The plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of his complaint in a malpractice action. The Special Term concluded that the action was barred by the Statute of Limitations (CPLR 214, subd. 6). We agree.
We take the allegations of the complaint to be true (Cohn v. Lionel Corp., 21 N Y 2d 559). The plaintiff asserts that the defendants Gasten, Jaffe, Selin and Friedman (not parties to this appeal) are physicians who were either members of the staff or employees of the defendant hospital. In 1959, the complaint alleges, the plaintiff consulted Gasten, who advised *32him to enter the defendant hospital…
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