Astuto v. Hogan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for medi*693cal malpractice, etc., the plaintiff appeals from of judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Levine, J.), entered May 14, 1993, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendant and against her.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff’s contention that the trial court’s charge on the cause of action for lack of informed consent as it relates to proximate cause was erroneous is without merit. The trial court correctly informed the jury several times, in both its initial charge and its supplemental instructions, that in…
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