Devaney v. Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn & Queens, Inc.

In a medical malpractice action to recover damages for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dunkin, J.), entered July 20, 1994 which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendant and against him dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff’s decedent died on June 3, 1981, at the age of 17, after having been diagnosed as suffering from osteosarcoma with lung metastasis. The plaintiff seeks to impose liability upon the defendant based on the theory that, in…