Legal Opinion
Cole v. Champlain Valley Physicians' Hospital Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 17, 2014Published
1Opinion of the CourtMcCarthy, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court *1284(Muller, J.), entered January 16, 2013 in Clinton County, which denied defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Edwin E. Cole Sr. (hereinafter decedent) was admitted to a hospital maintained by defendant Champlain Valley Physicians’ Hospital Medical Center (hereinafter CVPH) with complaints of a chronic cough that had begun to produce bloody sputum. A CT scan of decedent’s chest revealed fluid collection in the division between the upper and lower lobes of his left lung. An attempt to drain the fluid was unsuccessful and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Ferrante v. American Lung Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Kambat v. St. Francis HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Graddy v. New York Medical CollegeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Longtemps v. OlivaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
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