Legal Opinion
King v. Jordan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 23, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardona, P. J.
Appeal from *952an order of the Supreme Court (Kahn, J.), entered April 9, 1996 in Albany County, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for want of prosecution.
In April 1990, after detecting a lump in her right breast, plaintiff Ursula H. King (hereinafter plaintiff) was referred to defendant, a surgeon. Defendant performed a biopsy on the mass, found evidence of cancer and recommended that plaintiff undergo a radical mastectomy, i.e., surgery to remove her right breast. The parties dispute whether defendant also discussed with plaintiffs the option of performing a lumpectomy…
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