Pollicina v. Misericordia Hospital Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J.
The primary issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in setting aside a jury verdict, which found that, as a result of performing a June 9, 1976 blood test on Mrs. Barbara Ann Pollicina, defendant Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine was proximately responsible for injury to and the death of Mrs. Pollicina.
While pregnant, Mrs. Pollicina, who was approximately 24 years old, on November 12, 1975 was admitted to the Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein Hospital), by Drs. Stephen F. Allen and Peter George…
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