Legal Opinion
Cruz v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Stanley L. Sklar, J.
The plaintiff in this medical malpractice action may ask *394questions calling for expert opinions of a nonparty physician who was an actor in the transaction in issue.
FACTS
During the trial of this medical malpractice action involving the delivery of a severely brain-damaged child, plaintiff proposed to read the entire examination before trial of Dr. Goldsmith. He was, at the time of the birth, a resident at Bellevue Hospital, and was one of the delivering physicians. Dr. Goldsmith is not a named defendant.
The defendants sought a ruling barring plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Noseworthy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- McDermott v. Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
- Bernstein v. BodeanNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Johnson v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- Carvalho v. New Rochelle HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Sciara v. Surgical Associates of Western New York, P.C.New York Supreme Court · 2011
- Hardter v. SemelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Bubar v. BrodmanNew York Supreme Court · 2010
- Giventer v. RementeriaNew York Supreme Court · 1999
- In re the Estate of DeFilippoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1990