Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, for a new trial.
The plaintiff's decedent, Philip Lacqua, commenced this action in 2003 to recover damages for medical malpractice against the defendant, Robert Silich, who at all relevant times was a general surgeon. The plaintiff's decedent alleged that the defendant failed to timely diagnose a lump in his left breast as cancerous, thereby...
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