Legal Opinion
Contento v. Cortland Memorial Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 6, 1997PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikoll, J. P.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Relihan, Jr., J.), entered May 8, 1996 in Cortland County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
On September 6, 1992, plaintiff’s decedent, Josephine E. Contento (hereinafter decedent), was admitted to defendant’s emergency room for treatment of a broken hip. Decedent remained under the care of defendant until she died on October 4, 1992 at the age of 72.
Plaintiff, who was decedent’s husband, commenced this malpractice action against defendant on October 5,1995 seeking to recover for wrongful…
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