King v. Mitchell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mulvey, J.), entered August 30, 2005 in Tompkins County, which denied a motion by defendant Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca for partial summary judgment.
In this action plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained allegedly due to the negligence of her anesthesiologist, defendant Robert Mitchell. The sole issue on appeal is whether defendant Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca can be held vicariously liable for Mitchell’s allegedly tortious actions.
After her family physician detected a tumor in plaintiffs chest cavity, he referred her to a…
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