Legal Opinion
Morano v. St. Francis Hospital
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 5, 1979PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph Jiudice, J.
This is a motion by the defendants for summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint.
The court is presented with somewhat unique circumstances in this case.
On November 5, 1972, the decedent entered St. Francis Hospital as a patient of the defendant, Starpoli. He was operated upon on November 7, 1972, for the removal of his gallbladder which apparently contained a tumor. The decedent expired on November 12, 1972, and from the hospital record, the cause of death was listed as "cardiac arrest”, "metabolic acidosis”, "respiratory alcolosis”.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ratka v. St. Francis HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Grant v. GuidottiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
3Cited by18 opinions
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