Suria v. Shiffman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kassal, J.
Plaintiff, a transsexual, age 54 at the time of trial, brought this medical malpractice action, asserting causes of action premised upon malpractice and lack of informed consent. According to plaintiff, he visited Dr. Shiftman and Dr. Rish in 1974 and underwent injections of free silicone into his breast. Treatment was rendered initially in June or July of 1974 and again in December of that year. In March 1975, plaintiff noticed that both breasts had become inflamed and sore, whereupon Rish, in Shiftman’s absence due to vacation, administered cortisone.…
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