Troy v. Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center

In a medical malpractice action, defendants Lavine and Rubins appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Zelman, J.), entered June 23,1980, as is in favor of the plaintiffs and against them, after a jury trial. Judgment reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, without costs or disbursements, and as between plaintiffs and defendants Lavine and Ru-bins, action severed and new trial granted. In September, 1975, while painting his house, plaintiff James Troy fell from a ladder…