Legal Opinion
Cannizzo v. Wijeyasekaran
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 19, 1999No. Appeal No. 1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and new trial granted. Memorandum: Natalie Cannizzo (plaintiff), who suffers from kidney disease, received a kidney transplant in 1991 but rejected the kidney, resulting in its removal. In January 1995 plaintiff received a second kidney transplant. There was some evidence of rejection, and, on January 20, 1995, a biopsy was performed on the transplanted kidney by a nephrologist at defendant Strong Memorial Hospital (Strong). Strong’s transplant team decided to do a second biopsy, which was performed a week later by a nephrology fellow…
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