Court Opinion

ID: 5535672
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 18:20:40.127997+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:34:41.528246
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OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
At the trial the plaintiff proceeded on the theory that negligent care on the part of the defendant hospital, and not a surgical error by the treating physician caused the plaintiff’s injury. Indeed, plaintiff took no exception to, and seemed to encourage, the dismissal of the action against the doctor for failure of proof.
The liability issue submitted to the jury, without objection, was confined to plaintiff’s claim that the negligent administering of an injection by an employee of the hospital caused his injury. The Appellate Division was unanimous in affirming the jury verdict that there was no such liability and that determination will not be disturbed on this appeal.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Meyer and Simons concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.