Legal Opinion
Kearney v. GVGHA (Genesee Valley Group Health Ass'n)
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 4, 1984PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WlLMER J. PATLOW, J.
This is a medical malpractice action wherein the gravamen of the complaint is failure to aggressively treat malignant melanoma which first surfaced as a lesion on the right thigh of plaintiff’s deceased in May of 1976.
Defendants Genesee Valley Group Health Association-Joseph C. Wilson Health Center and James S. Williams, M. D., move to dismiss the action on Statute of Limitations grounds (CPLR 214-a; EPTL 5-4.1).
Additionally, the attorney for these defendants seeks summary judgment dismissing the complaint apparently on the grounds that neither the…
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- Davis v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Fonda v. PaulsenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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