Legal Opinion
Cochran v. Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 8, 2011PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Sheila Cochran (hereinafter decedent), who was in her early 20s and suffered from various mental and physical infirmities, fell when attempting to get out of a wheelchair. The fall occurred after she had been transported by a nurse, defendant Vicky Grinolds, to an exit upon being discharged from defendant Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca. She subsequently brought this action and, when defendants’ discovery demands went unanswered, defendants made a preclusion motion. Supreme Court granted a 90-day conditional preclusion order in May 2010. The following month, decedent’s counsel was permitted…
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