Biundo v. Christ Community Hospital

This was a damage action brought against defendants, a physician and hospital, because of their allegedly negligent treatment of plaintiff’s deceased husband, Michele Biundo. Biundo was a patient at defendant Christ Community Hospital on February 22,1973, where he underwent a laminectomy performed by defendant, Dr. Frank DeVincenzo. On February 26, 1973, Biundo’s body was found at about 11 p.m. lying on a parapet over an entranceway below his hospital room window from which plaintiff claimed that decedent jumped or fell to his death.

Plaintiff attempted to show, during a jury trial, that…