Ward v. Kovacs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtGulotta, P. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in a medical malpractice action, against the estate of a doctor, based upon a general jury verdict in the amount of $500,000.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On Thursday, September 12, 1968, plaintiff, a 24-year-old waitress, sustained an almost imperceptible, nonbleeding cut on the middle finger of her right hand, an eighth of an inch in length. It was, in fact, so slight that she did not notice it until the next morning, when she became aware of an irritation caused by her ring rubbing against it while playing tennis. That same Friday afternoon her finger began to redden…
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