Legal Opinion

MACALUSO, LAURA v. PILCHER, M.D., PH.D., WEBSTER H.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 23, 2016No. CA 16-00602PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Matthew A. Rosenbaum, J.), entered September 24, 2015. The order denied the motion of defendants for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the motion is granted and the complaint is dismissed.

Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this medical malpractice action alleging that, during surgery upon Laura Macaluso (plaintiff) to remove a previously-implanted spinal cord stimulator (SCS), Webster H. Pilcher, M.D., Ph.D. (defendant)…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. WEBB, JEFFREY v. SCANLON, M.D., FACP, THOMAS S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. KELLER, JESSICA v. LIBERATORE, M.D., CARLAAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. Moticik v. HealthcareAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Chillis v. BrundinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. Angelhow v. ChahfeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  3. CHILLIS, BRUCE T. v. BRUNDIN, JR., CRNA, DOUGLAS A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. Nevarez v. University of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  5. Shattuck v. AnainAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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