Legal Opinion
Jacques v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided November 20, 1984No. Claim No. 64613PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold E. Koreman, P. J.
The subject claim is predicated on allegations of medical malpractice relating to an operation performed on claimant while he was an inmate at the Clinton Correctional Facility. Claimant alleges that as a result of negligently performed nasalplasty (cosmetic surgery to remove bone from the nasal area) he contracted an infection of the nasal passages, face and eyelids, and also sustained a permanent deviation of his septum causing him headaches, nosebleeds and difficulty in breathing.
The surgery at issue took place in the infirmary of the Clinton…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pike v. . HonsingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- St. George v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- St. George v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Hirschberg v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1977
- Hirsch v. SafianAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
3Cited by1 opinion
- Jones v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989