Dunn v. Nundkumar

Plaintiff Dennis Dunn appeals as of right from the judgment, entered on June 28, 1988, on a general jury verdict of no cause of action. In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff alleged that defendant Crumsen Nundkumar, M.D., had failed to properly diagnose and treat plaintiff’s decedent’s gallbladder problem or make a timely referral to an internist, surgeon or gastroenterologist. The decedent, Brinda Dunn, on September 3, 1983, a few weeks after giving birth by Caesarean section, died from acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis subsequent to cholecystitis (gallbladder inflammation) due to…