Urciuoli v. Lawrence Hospital Center

Plaintiff was allegedly injured when she fell from a chair after becoming dizzy while she was at defendant hospital where her mother was being treated by defendant doctor. Plaintiff testified that, at her mother’s request, she remained in the treatment room while a procedure was performed on her mother and that, while she was comforting her mother at defendant doctor’s request, she became dizzy and asked for help. A nurse, following defendant doctor’s directive, took plaintiff by the arm and sat her in a nearby chair. Shortly thereafter, the dizziness worsened, plaintiff again asked for help,…