Legal Opinion
Slotkin Ex Rel. Slotkin v. Citizens Casualty Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 1, 1978No. 71 Civ. 4044 (MP)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLACK, District Judge.
A jury has returned a verdict that the moving defendants herein committed fraud, inducing plaintiffs to settle a medical malpractice action for less than they otherwise would have obtained. Now before the Court are defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint and to direct a verdict in their favor, reserved during trial, and post-trial motions to set aside the verdict and for judgment n.o.v.
The following facts have been amply proved, and indeed are uncontested. The infant plaintiff, Steven Slotkin, was born at the Brookdale Hospital in 1963 to a diabetic mother…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Dictograph Products Company, Inc. v. Sonotone Corporation, Emil Henry Greibach and S. Michael PinelesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Dictograph Products Co. v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Vail v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Crouse v. . McVickarNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Gould v. Cayuga County National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Slotkin v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Slotkin v. Citizens Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Spector v. TorenbergDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Holzsager v. Valley HospitalDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Slotkin ex rel. Slotkin v. Citizens Casualty Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
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