Berry v. St. Peter's Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carpinello, J.
The basic facts leading up to the subject appeal are not in dispute. In September 1983, Cornelius M. Berry (hereinafter Berry) was a 41-year-old Capitol Police Officer for the State when he became ill and was admitted to defendant St. Peter’s Hospital of the City of Albany for diagnostic tests, which included a fiber-optic bronchoscopy. Anesthetized during this procedure, Berry suffered a cardiac arrest and a protracted period of insufficient blood oxygen resulting in irreparable brain damage. For the past 15 years, Berry has been in a coma and remains a…
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