Legal Opinion
Fauci v. Wolan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 7, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated April 3, 1996, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion for summary judgment is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff Joanne Fauci was under the care of the defendant Sidney Wolan, her obstetrician / gynecologist, in May of 1986, when he performed a "MacDonald Cerclage” (hereinafter cerclage) procedure to assist her in her…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- McDermott v. TorreNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Borgia v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- Nykorchuck v. HenriquesNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Massie v. CrawfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
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