Wells v. St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center

Kane, J. P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Walsh, Jr., J.), entered October 3, 1986 in Montgomery County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

In October 1979, decedent suffered kidney failure and began receiving hemodialysis treatments from defendant. Decedent was not a candidate for a kidney transplant and began chronic maintenance dialysis in January 1980. The regularly scheduled dialysis treatments changed decedent’s life-style, rendering him unable to work and curtailing his usual activities.

During the three-year period prior to his…