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Stafford v. St. Clare's Hospital

11 A.D.2d 1055 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1960-10-17 English

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James D. Stafford, Respondent, v. St. Clare’s Hospital, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

In an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of a burn on his left wrist due to a defective lamp while he was undergoing an operation in the defendant hospital for the removal of a cyst on his wrist, said defendant hospital appeals from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered August 12, 1959, as is in favor of plaintiff and against the hospital, for $8,818.25, after a nonjury trial. Judgment insofar as appealed from affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Nolan, P. J., Beldoek, Christ, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur.