Legal Opinion
LaSorsa v. Oelbaum
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 2003Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alan J. Saks, J.
Motion by the defendant Victor Oelbaum, D.D.S., seeks summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the merits and also on the ground that it is barred under the statute of limitations.
Plaintiff Nicolena E. LaSorsa seeks recovery for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of dental malpractice committed by Oelbaum. It is not contested that, while defendant was performing root canal work on plaintiffs right front incisor (tooth number seven), the cleaning file, or “Rapid Body Shaper” (RBS), broke off.1 The broken segment of the RBS lodged in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Flanagan v. Mount Eden General HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Rockefeller v. MorontNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Rodriguez v. Manhattan Medical Group, P. C.New York Court of Appeals · 1990
- LaBarbera v. New York Eye & Ear InfirmaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Delaney v. Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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