Graham v. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered August 30, 1991, which granted defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages, reversed, on the law, without costs.
Plaintiff’s decedent, Alphatrus Bens, Sr., underwent a transurethral resection at defendant Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 71 years old at the time. His physician was defendant Jerry G. Blaivas, M.D., a board certified urologist. The procedure involved insertion of a cystoscope into the urethra to remove enlarged prostatic tissue, thus obviating…
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