Legal Opinion
Colavito v. New York Organ Donor Network, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 2006No. Docket No. 05-1305 CVPublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
When, in' August 2002, Peter Lucia died in a Long Island, New York, hospital of intra-cranial bleeding, his widow decided to donate both of his kidneys to his longtime friend, the plaintiff Robert Colavito, who was suffering from end-stage renal disease. Peter Lucia’s left kidney was therefore air-lifted to a hospital in Miami, Florida, where Colavito was waiting for its implantation. Lucia’s right kidney remained in New York.
While Colavito was being prepared for surgery, his surgeon, Dr. George W. Burke, discovered that Lucia’s left kidney was irreparably damaged by…
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