Tierney v. Girardi

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff, as executrix of the estate of Angelina Trotta, alleges that defendants deviated from the standard of care by failing to administer an anticoagulant to the decedent upon her development of atrial fibrillation, *448following heart surgery (cardiac catheterization), causing her to suffer a stroke, which led to her disability, and death at the age of 81. Preliminarily, we reject defendant Dr. Messinger’s argument that he was not obligated to care for decedent once he finished performing the cardiocatheterization on her. Dr. Messinger continued to owe a…