Cox v. Kingsboro Medical Group
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
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We hold today that a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action may not avoid the effect of CPLR 214-a by attempting to impute continuous treatment by one physician to another physician based solely upon allegations of a vague and amorphous "relationship” between the two medical professionals.
The injured plaintiff, Winston Cox, had a history of varicose veins and was a patient of the defendant Kingsboro Medical Group (hereinafter Kingsboro). In the course of treatment, Kingsboro referred Mr. Cox to the defendant Brookdale Surgical Associates (hereinafter…
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