Edmonds v. Quellman

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Dier, J.), entered June 24, 1999 in Warren County, which, inter alia, denied a motion by defendant North Country Vascular Diagnostics, Inc. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against it.

On February 15, 1994, George Edmonds was examined by defendant Joseph L. Quellman, an orthopedic surgeon, who recommended that Edmonds undergo knee replacement surgery. At that time, Quellman’s physical examination of Edmonds revealed a near total occlusion of the arteries in his right leg, that is, Quellman was unable to palpate Edmonds’ foot pulses. To…