Legal Opinion
Cox v. Cordice
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 14, 1982PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*298OPINION OF THE COURT
Murphy, P. J.
Plaintiff’s decedent, Mary Williams, underwent a bilateral, radical mastectomy on June 13, 1973. The operation was performed by defendant Cordice in defendant Hillcrest General Hospital (Hospital). The operation was, as the jury found, actually unnecessary. Defendant Gordon, a pathologist, had negligently misread the decedent’s tissue sample;. he found a malignancy where none existed. At the time, Gordon was acting as a substitute for the Hospital’s regular pathologist, defendant Starr.
After trial, the jury found in plaintiff’s favor against the Hospital and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Tipaldi v. Riverside Memorial Chapel, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- Tipaldi v. Riverside Memorial Chapel, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Burke v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Witz v. Cadillac Hotel, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
- Witz v. Cadillac Hotel, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1967
3Cited by5 opinions
- Rosado v. Proctor & Schwartz, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Woodbeck v. M. Caputo & Associates, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1986
- Cox v. CordiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Robinson v. Jewish Hospital & Medical CenterNew York Supreme Court · 1987
- Rosado v. Proctor & Schwartz, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984