Legal Opinion
Kremer v. Buffalo General Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 16, 2000PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiffs decedent underwent a second coronary artery bypass surgery at defendant Buffalo General Hospital (Hospital) on February 5, 1993. His initial surgery was in 1982. The surgery was performed by defendant Jacob Bergsland, M.D., the attending physician and a board-certified cardio-thoracic surgeon, who was assisted by defendant Mary Bourland, M.D., a licensed general surgeon in the last few months of a residency in cardiothoracic surgery. Also present was defendant Greg Lammle,…
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- Whalen v. Victory Memorial HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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