Pellew v. Goldstein

In *513an action to recover damages for dental malpractice, the defendant Jeffrey Klein appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Sweeny, J.), entered November 23, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against him in the principal sum of $33,000.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant Jeffrey Klein committed dental malpractice in failing to take timely remedial measures after he lodged a root canal file in her mouth during the course of a dental procedure.…