Moore v. Brunswick Hospital Center, Inc.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Beverly Cohen, J.), entered on or about July 24, 1987, which, after a jury trial, found in favor of defendant and dismissed the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, the complaint reinstated, and a new trial directed, without costs.

On November 30, 1981, plaintiff, Marjorie Page, was admitted to the defendant hospital, The Brunswick Hospital Center, Inc. (the hospital), after suffering a heart attack. That evening, she went into cardiac arrest, which necessitated an endotracheal intubation—i.e., the insertion of a plastic tube down the throat,…