Legal Opinion
Rosenberg v. New York University Hospital
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1985PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Irving Lang, J.
Can a death certificate, in the absence of a physician’s affidavit, provide sufficient medical proof of a causal connection between the alleged medical malpractice and the death of the original plaintiff, so as to permit an amendment of the complaint to include a cause of action for wrongful death?
FACTS AND CONTENTIONS
Robert Rosenberg was admitted to New York University (NYU) Hospital in December 1981, and underwent surgery for infected gangrene of the foot on December 31. He allegedly emerged from the surgery with overwhelming anoxic brain damage. He was…
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