Legal Opinion

Rivera v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 6, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Helen Freedman, J.), entered January 27, 1992 upon a verdict, dismissing the action in its entirety, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In an action for medical malpractice alleging, inter alia, misdiagnosis of the condition that led to plaintiff’s cerebral aneurysm, plaintiff claims error in allowing the emergency medical services technician to testify that when he arrived at the scene, he was told by the comatose plaintiff’s niece that plaintiff had used crack cocaine the night before. Similar evidence had already been admitted without objection…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re Leon RRNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. People v. SalkoNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Campbell v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cheeks v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. Cheeks v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  3. In re Anahys V.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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