Legal Opinion
Sanchez v. Sirmons
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 4, 1983PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wallace R. Cotton, J.
Motion by the petitioner, Carmen Sanchez, to stay arbitration of a medical malpractice claim, demanded by the respondent, Meredith Sirmons, M.D., is granted.
The respondent is a medical doctor duly licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York. On June 28, 1980, he performed an elective abortion on the petitioner at his Manhattan office. Petitioner, alleging that she was the victim of an act of medical malpractice committed during the performance of the abortion, subsequently commenced a personal injury action against the respondent on July 20,…
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- Moore v. FragatosMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
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