Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The plaintiff's decedent, 70-year-old Evangeline Johnson, had undergone two prior mitral valve surgeries and had suffered a stroke prior to her admission to Maimonides Medical Center (hereinafter Maimonides) on April 21, 2001. In one of her prior surgeries, her mitral valve was replaced with a metal valve. At Maimonides, the decedent was diagnosed with a clot on the metal valve, which necessitated...
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