Legal Opinion
Ruane v. Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 23, 1983PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed with costs.
On appeal to this court the plaintiff’s only contention is that the alleged continuous treatment by her personal physician should be attributed to the hospital. The fact that the doctor also happened to be affiliated with the hospital, but not employed by the hospital, is not alone sufficient to impute the doctor’s conduct following the implantation of the devices to the hospital. Because no other circumstances were demonstrated the complaint against the hospital was properly dismissed (cf.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McDermott v. TorreNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
3Cited by31 opinions
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