Legal Opinion
Schott v. St. Charles Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 4, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a negligence action to recover damages, inter alia, for AIDS-phobia, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Cannavo, J.), dated May 22, 1997, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
On May 13, 1993, as the plaintiff was donning a newly-laundered hospital gown in the Radiology Department of the defendant hospital preparatory to having an X-ray, her hand was pricked by a small needle that was in the folds of the *588smock. Plaintiff sued to recover damages for, inter…
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- Marchica v. Long Island Rail RoadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1993
- Lombardo v. New York University Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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