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FRIEDMANN v. NEW YORK HOSPITAL-CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER

65 A.D.3d 850 (2009)

884 N.Y.S.2d 733

WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, Respondent, v. THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL-CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants, and SILVERCREST EXTENDED CARE FACILITY, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided September 1, 2009.

The right leg of plaintiff's decedent ruptured after it struck a bed rail while aides at Silvercrest were preparing her for dinner and adjusting her bedding. The decedent was bedridden and had fragile skin that was prone to rupture as a result of medications she took for her numerous ailments. The facility also allegedly failed to promptly respond to the decedent's calls for assistance, and unreasonably delayed in calling 911. The death certificate listed blunt impact trauma...

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