Legal Opinion
McNerney v. New York Polyclinic Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 26, 1963PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBotein, P. J.
On October 30, 1956 Peter McNerney, age 66, underwent an operation at the New York Polyclinic Hospital. He died there on November 4, 1956. Asserting that his death was attributable to negligent postoperative treatment on the part of the hospital, his widow, as administratrix, brought this action against it for damages. She recovered judgment after trial before a jury, and the hospital appeals.
The operation was a subtotal gastrectomy for a duodenal ulcer. The medical experts were in accord that for a period of about five days after such an operation nourishment is ordinarily confined to…
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