Rockefeller v. Moront

OPINION OF THE COURT

Yesawich Jr., J.

On June 23, 1971 defendant George P. Moront, a licensed physician, performed left hernia repair surgery on plaintiff Mark Rockefeller (hereinafter plaintiff) at defendant Columbia Memorial Hospital; plaintiff was approximately four years old at the time. In 1988, plaintiff married and, when his wife was unable to conceive, it was discovered that plaintiff’s semen contained no sperm. Thereafter, on November 3, 1989 plaintiff underwent exploratory surgery during the course of which a suture was found on his vas deferens; it had been permanently placed there…