Legal Opinion
Voulo v. Bozza
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 20, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Phelan, J.), entered February 26, 2001, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendant and against them dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.
The defendant performed a hysterectomy and ovarian cystectomies on the plaintiff Barbara Voulo (hereinafter the plaintiff). During closure, the defendant observed a “bleeder” and used an electric cautery in an…
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