Lang v. Newman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff was transported to a hospital in January 2003 after awakening with numbness on the left side of her body, slurred speech and facial drooping. After arriving in the emergency room, she also developed a headache. Plaintiff was initially treated by defendant James P Newman, D.O., but his shift ended and defendant Russell J. Firman, M.D., assumed plaintiffs care. Dr. Firman ordered a CT scan but the test did not definitively rule out the possibility that there was bleeding in plaintiffs…