Dries v. Gregor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Cardamone, J. P.
The appeal in this medical malpractice case requires us to state what is the appropriate charge to a jury where plaintiffs’ theory of malpractice is based on a lack of informed consent.
A surgical procedure known as a "quadrant resection” of the right breast was performed by defendant Dr. David G. Gregor on plaintiff, Mrs. Nancy Dries, on November 7, 1974 at defendant Mercy Hospital in Watertown, New York. After the surgery, she and her husband, Paul Dries, commenced a medical malpractice suit against the surgeon, the hospital, the pathologist and two…
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