Legal Opinion
Pollicina v. Misericordia Hospital Medical Center
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 18, 1993PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
In this medical malpractice action against multiple defendants, plaintiff has recovered a judgment for wrongful death and has been awarded damages, as reduced by the trial court and affirmed by the Appellate Division, against the only nonsettling defendant, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein). The primary issue in this case, as in the companion cases (Didner v Keene Corp., 82 NY2d 342; Dudick v Keene Corp., 82 NY2d 821 [both decided herewith]), is the proper method for computing the setoff required by General Obligations Law § 15-108 (a) where two or…
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