Legal Opinion
Stafford v. Molinoff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 24, 1996PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In May 1986 the defendant Abraham Halfen performed abdominal surgery on the plaintiff and accidentally left a laparotomy pad in the plaintiff’s abdomen. The plaintiff subsequently commenced this action against Halfen and others, claiming, in relevant part, that Halfen’s actions constituted medical malpractice.
Halfen’s expert disclosure statement revealed that he planned to call board-certified physicians as experts during trial. Nevertheless, during the trial, Halfen presented the expert testimony of a registered nurse with substantial operating-room experience. The nurse testified that…
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- Picciallo v. NorchiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Holt v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Lesser v. LacherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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