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GOOD v. PRESBYTERIAN HOSP. IN CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 93 Civ. 3794 (JGK).

934 F.Supp. 107 (1996)

Carmella GOOD, Administratrix of the Estate of John Anthony Good, Jr., deceased, and Carmella Good, individually, Plaintiffs, v. The PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN the CITY OF NEW YORK, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Babies Hospital, Robyn J. Barst, M.D., Craig Smith, M.D., Lynne Quittell, M.D., and John Doe I through John Doe XXX, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 2, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Stevens, Stevens & Johnson, Allentown, PA, for Plaintiff.

Barbara A. Dalton, McAloon & Friedman, P.C., New York City, for Defendant Craig Smith, M.D.

Peter L. Korn, Dona Feeney, McDonough, Korn, & Eichhorn, Park Place Legal Center, Springfield, NJ, for Defendant Presbyterian Hospital.

OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge:

This is a medical malpractice action arising out of a heart and lung transplant performed by Dr. Craig Smith, a transplant surgeon at Presbyterian Hospital, on John Anthony Good, Jr. ("John Jr.") on August 12, 1990. The plaintiff, Carmella Good, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of John Jr., alleges a lack of informed consent. The plaintiff maintains that Dr. Smith failed to advise her that...

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