Legal Opinion
Topel v. Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 23, 1981PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.
With respect to the hospital, plaintiff does not dispute the principle, declared in Toth v Community Hosp. at Glen Cove (22 NY2d 255, 265) and Fiorentino v Wenger (19 *684NY2d 407, 415), among other cases, that a hospital may not be held in damages for carrying out the course of treatment prescribed by a patient’s attending physician. She argues rather that the hospital record does not bear out the hospital’s contention that the deceased was in fact observed at 15-minute intervals as the doctor…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Toth v. Community HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Fiorentino v. WengerNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Centeno v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Centeno v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- Cohen v. State of NYAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Hill v. St. Clare's HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Littleton v. Good Samaritan Hospital & Health CenterOhio Supreme Court · 1988
- Schrempf v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Raschel v. RishNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Nestorowich v. RicottaNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
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