Legal Opinion
Rivers v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided January 25, 1989No. Claim No. 72350PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edwin Margolis, J.
This is an action for medical malpractice arising from an operation performed by a private physician in an outside hospital on an inmate in the custody of the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS). In 1985, claimant was a prisoner at Greene Correctional Facility when, at the correctional *564facility’s infirmary, he was examined by Dr. Joshua T. Rosenfield, an employee of DOCS. Dr. Rosenfield made a diagnosis of a left inguinal hernia, recommended surgery and noted this information on the patient’s medical records. In an examination before trial (EBT) in…
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- Mduba v. Benedictine HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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