Major v. Community General Hospital

Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Bradley, J.), entered July 8, 1992 in Sullivan County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff against defendant Paul G. Jones.

Plaintiff seeks damages against defendant Paul G. Jones (hereinafter defendant), an orthopedic surgeon, arising out of *679his treatment of plaintiff at defendant Community General Hospital for a fractured left humerus bone sustained in an automobile accident that occurred on March 5, 1988. Plaintiff contends that defendant’s failure to perform an open reduction to align the broken bone and opting instead for…