Close v. Gorman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted plaintiffs’ motion to amend the complaint to add medical malpractice causes of action alleging that John F. Gorman, M.D. (defendant) failed to diagnose the breast cancer of Joan M. Close (plaintiff) in a timely manner and that he is vicariously liable for the interpretation of her mammograms in 1992 and 1994 by defendant radiologists. Contrary to *1014defendant’s contention, plaintiffs established the applicability of the continuous treatment doctrine, thereby tolling the Statute of Limitations for medical…
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