Legal Opinion
Kucinski v. Rish
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Seymour Boyers, J.
In this medical malpractice action the third-party defendant moves to dismiss the third-party action on the ground that it is legally insufficient.
The plaintiff undertook a series of operative procedures under the care of the third-party defendant for the purpose of reducing a portion of her leg size. The third-party defendant, a plastic surgeon, performed three separate operative procedures over the course of several years. Upon completion of the third operation in 1973, the third-party defendant terminated his practice in New York and removed to…
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- Hawkes v. GollNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
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