Legal Opinion
Theodoropoulos v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 1, 1982PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a wrongful death action, defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Zelman, J.), dated December 28, 1981, in favor of plaintiff, after a jury trial. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. The complexity of the factual issues in this lengthy medical malpractice trial (which the jury decided in some two hours) called for particular clarity and accuracy in the court’s marshaling of the evidence, and for avoidance of any indication of the court’s own opinion as to the facts or the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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