Case Name: Kimlin Ayoung, an Infant, by Her Father and Natural Guardian, Thomas Ayoung, Respondent, v. Fred Epstein, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-11-26
Citations: 177 A.D.2d 460
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kimlin Ayoung, an Infant, by Her Father and Natural Guardian, Thomas Ayoung, Respondent, v Fred Epstein, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 177
Pages: 460–460

Head Matter:
Kimlin Ayoung, an Infant, by Her Father and Natural Guardian, Thomas Ayoung, Respondent, v Fred Epstein, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J., and a jury), entered December 20, 1990, in favor of plaintiff and against defendant in the amount of $1,000,282.50, inclusive of interest and costs, is unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The record contains sufficient evidence for a factual finding that defendant's malpractice was a substantial and proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries. Plaintiff's medical expert testified that the removal of excessive temporal lobe during the operation, in an attempt to get at the source of several recurring seizures, was medically unnecessary and caused plaintiff to develop hemiplegia and become permanently disabled. Defendant's medical witnesses' contrary opinion as to the cause of plaintiff's injuries is not a ground for setting aside the verdict, either as a matter of law or as against the weight of the evidence (see, Furia v Mellucci, 163 AD2d 88, 89, lv denied 77 NY2d 803). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Wallach, Smith and Rubin, JJ.