Legal Opinion
Finnin v. St. Barnabas Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 24, 2003PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Price, J.), entered May 17, 2002, which, in an action for pain and suffering and wrongful death, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendant hospital’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
An issue of fact exists as to whether plaintiff’s decedent reasonably believed that the physician who treated him at defendant hospital was provided by defendant or was otherwise acting on its behalf. If so, defendant can be held vicariously liable for the physician’s malpractice even if…
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- Noble v. PorterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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