Legal Opinion · Dissent
Severino v. Weller
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 21, 2017No. 106422/09Published
1DissentAndreas, J.
Plaintiff Marino Severino, then 61, underwent gallbladder surgery at the New York and Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH). Dr. Weller was the anesthesiologist. At either 11:40 or 11:45 p.m., almost five hours after he had been moved from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to a room on a surgical floor, Mr. Severino had a cardiorespiratory arrest that resulted in severe anoxic brain injury, leaving him in a near-vegetative state.
*277We all agree that Dr. Weller and NYPH, through expert affirmations supported by medical records and testimony, established prima facie that their treatment of Mr. Severino…
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