Matthews v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

—Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Arber, J.), entered February 8, 1993, after a jury trial of this medical malpractice action, entered in favor of defendant, is reversed, on the law and facts, without costs, and the matter is remanded for a new trial.

Plaintiff Perline Matthews underwent a hysterectomy in Metropolitan Hospital on October 24, 1983. In the night following the surgery, she experienced a burning sensation around her buttocks. At trial she testified that she also experienced pain in her rectum. On behalf of the plaintiff, the hospital’s dermatologist testified…