Wozniak v. Lipoff

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is a medical malpractice action filed by the survivors of Patricia Wozniak against Dr. Jay Lipoff for negligence in the treatment of Wozniak’s Graves’ disease. The jury returned a verdict finding Wozniak to be 20% at fault and Dr. Lipoff to be 80% at fault. Judgment was therefore entered against Dr. Lipoff for $584,000, 80% of the total damages of $730,000 found by the jury. Dr. Lipoff appeals.

Patricia Wozniak had worked for Dr. Lipoff as his medical secretary since June of 1982. In July of 1984, Dr. Lipoff ran tests on Wozniak after…