Legal Opinion
Merrill v. Albany Medical Center Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 26, 1987PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Main, J.
On August 4, 1977, it was determined that the infant plaintiff (hereinafter plaintiff), then 22 months of age, required major surgery for the removal of a suspected malignant tumor from her right lung. After surgery had proceeded for approximately one hour, plaintiff suffered cardiac arrest. She was resuscitated by defendant Dr. Martin E. McKneally (hereinafter defendant), who enlarged the incision in her chest so as to enable him to manually massage plaintiff’s heart. This procedure restored the heart’s function and despite the incident, the operation proceeded.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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