Goff v. Paul

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Steuben County (Joseph W. Latham, A.J.), entered January 9, 2003. The judgment was entered, upon a jury verdict, dismissing the complaint against defendant Stephen E. Paul, M.D. in a medical malpractice action.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this medical malpractice action alleging that Stephen E. Paul, M.D. (defendant) negligently performed two back surgeries on him. Plaintiff did not call defendant as a witness in his direct case, and…