Legal Opinion
Rosado v. Lutheran Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 7, 1994PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated April 1, 1992, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The general, conclusory allegations of negligence set forth by the plaintiff’s expert were unsupported by evidence tending to establish the essential elements of malpractice and thus insufficient to defeat the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in which a prima facie case for dismissal was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Burt v. Lenox Hill HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Kane v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Guida v. HsuAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Kazakias v. BistricerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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