Baldwin v. Gretz

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered December 6, 1977 in Schenectady County, which granted a motion by defendant Gretz for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against him. The underlying action is one for alleged medical malpractice against defendant Herbert F. Gretz, Jr., and others. Basically, it is alleged that defendants negligently left a surgical sponge within plaintiff Colleen Baldwin’s vagina following the delivery of her child. It is also alleged that defendants failed to detect the presence of the sponge. The pertinent facts are essentially…