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`OF THE STATE
`
`SUPREME
`COURT
`COUNTY
`OF KINGS
`__.
`_________________________
`OLGA EGGLESTON,
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`-----------------------X
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
`
`SELITSKY
`TAMILA
`DO,
`TAMILA
`SELITSKY
`OB-GYN
`NEW YORK METHODIST
`HOSPITAL,
`
`Index
`
`No:
`
`Plaintiff
`
`County
`Plaintiff's
`
`Kings
`designate
`venue
`as the
`based
`Place
`of Residence
`
`on
`
`P.C.,
`
`and
`
`SUMMONS
`
`Plaintiff's
`Address:
`3756
`Neptune
`Avenue
`New York
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`11224
`
`-------------------
`
`Defendants.
`------------------------------------------X
`
`To the Above
`
`Named
`
`Defendant(s):
`
`YOU ARE HEREBY
`
`SUMMONED
`
`to
`
`answer
`
`the
`
`annexed
`
`complaint
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`and
`
`to
`
`serve
`
`a copy
`
`of
`
`your
`
`answer
`
`on
`
`the Plaintiff's
`
`Attorneys
`
`within
`
`twenty
`
`(20)
`
`days
`
`after
`
`the
`
`service
`
`of
`
`this
`
`Summons
`
`and
`
`the
`
`exclusive
`
`of
`
`within
`
`thirty
`
`(30)
`
`days
`
`after
`
`service
`
`is
`
`completed
`
`if
`
`service
`
`is made
`
`in
`
`any
`
`other
`
`manner.
`
`Complaint
`
`within,
`
`of
`
`the
`
`day
`
`service,
`
`or
`
`In
`
`case
`
`of
`
`your
`
`failure
`
`to appear
`
`or Answer,
`
`a judgment
`
`will
`
`be taken
`
`against
`
`you
`
`by
`
`default
`
`for
`
`the
`
`relief
`
`demanded
`
`in the
`
`annexed
`
`Complaint.
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`March
`30,
`
`New York
`2017
`
`Yours,
`
`etc.
`
`PALANT
`
`Attorney(s)
`
`& SHAPIRO,
`for
`Plaintiffs
`
`P.C.
`
`Alexander
`Shapiro,
`Suite
`225 Broadway,
`NY 10007
`New York,
`212-608-1140
`
`(tel)
`
`Esq.
`630
`
`By:
`
`1 of
`
`10
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`Defendants'
`
`Business
`
`Addresses:
`
`TAMILA
`92nd
`660
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`SELITSKY
`D.O.
`1st Floor,
`Street,
`NY 11228
`
`TAMILA
`92nd
`660
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`SELITSKY
`OB-GYN
`1st Floor,
`Street,
`NY 11228
`
`P.C.
`
`NEW YORK METHODIST
`6u'
`506
`Street,
`New York
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`11215
`
`HOSPITAL
`
`2
`
`of
`
`10
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF KINGS
`
`OLGA EGGLESTON,
`
`OF THE STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`----
`
`-------------------X
`
`Index
`
`No:
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
`
`SELITSKY
`TAMILA
`DO,
`SELITSKY
`TAMILA
`OB-GYN
`NEW YORK METHODIST
`HOSPITAL,
`
`P.C.,
`
`and
`
`COMPLAINT
`
`Defendants.
`---------------------------------------------X
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`OLGA
`
`EGGLESTON,
`
`complaining
`
`of
`
`Defendants,
`
`by
`
`and
`
`through
`
`her
`
`attorneys,
`
`PALANT
`
`& SHAPIRO,
`
`P.C.,
`
`respectfully
`
`alleges,
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`as
`
`follows:
`
`THE PARTIES
`
`1.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`OLGA
`
`EGGLESTON
`
`is
`
`a natural
`
`person
`
`residing
`
`at
`
`3756
`
`Neptune
`
`Avenue,
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`New York
`
`11224.
`
`2.
`
`Defendant
`
`NEW YORK METHODIST
`
`HOSPITAL
`
`(hereinafter
`
`"HOSPITAL")
`
`at all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`hereto,
`
`was maintaining
`
`hospital
`
`facilities
`
`and
`
`providing
`
`medical
`
`services
`
`at
`
`602
`
`506
`
`Street,
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`New York
`
`11215.
`
`3.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`hereto,
`
`Defendant
`
`NEW YORK METHODIST
`
`HOSPITAL
`
`held
`
`itself
`
`out
`
`as a medical
`
`hospital
`
`duly
`
`licensed
`
`in the State
`
`of New York
`
`to provide
`
`medical
`
`services,
`
`including,
`
`but
`
`not
`
`limited
`
`to, emergency
`
`medical
`
`care.
`
`4.
`
`Defendant
`
`TAMILA
`
`SELITSKY
`
`DO (hereinafter
`
`"SELITSKY"),
`
`at
`
`all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`hereto,
`
`was
`
`a doctor
`
`of osteopathic
`
`medicine,
`
`specializing
`
`in Obstetrics
`
`and Gynecology
`
`3
`
`of
`
`10
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`duly
`
`licensed
`
`to
`
`practice
`
`medicine
`
`in the
`
`State
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`and,
`
`at all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`hereto,
`
`was
`
`providing
`
`medical
`
`services
`
`to Plaintiff.
`
`5.
`
`On or
`
`about
`
`October
`
`18,
`
`2016,
`
`Defendant
`
`TAMILA
`
`SELITSKY
`
`was
`
`a surgeon
`
`that
`
`performed
`
`procedures
`
`at NEW YORK METHODIST
`
`HOSPITAL
`
`for
`
`the Plaintiff.
`
`6.
`
`Defendant
`
`TAMILA
`
`SELITSKY
`
`OB-GYN
`
`P.C
`
`(hereinafter
`
`"P.C.")
`
`is
`
`an
`
`care
`
`practice
`
`an office
`
`and
`
`at 660
`
`92nd
`
`Obstetrics
`
`and Gynecology
`
`maintaining
`
`operating
`
`Street,
`
`1st Floor,
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`New York
`
`11228.
`
`7.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`each
`
`of
`
`the
`
`defendants
`
`was
`
`the
`
`agent,
`
`servant,
`
`representative
`
`or employee
`
`of
`
`each
`
`of
`
`the
`
`remaining
`
`defendants,
`
`and
`
`in engaging
`
`in certain
`
`acts
`
`hereinafter
`
`alleged,
`
`was
`
`acting
`
`within
`
`the
`
`course
`
`and
`
`scope
`
`of
`
`said
`
`agency,
`
`service,
`
`or
`
`assisted
`
`other
`
`and
`
`such
`
`acts
`
`were
`
`representation,
`
`employment,
`
`and materially
`
`defendants,
`
`ratified
`
`by
`
`other
`
`defendants.
`
`UNDERLYING
`
`FACTS
`
`8.
`
`On
`
`or
`
`about
`
`October
`
`17,
`
`2016,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`presented
`
`to
`
`the
`
`office
`
`of
`
`her
`
`treating
`
`gynecologist,
`
`Defendant
`
`SELITSKY,
`
`with
`
`sharp
`
`pain
`
`and
`
`was
`
`subsequently
`
`referred
`
`to
`
`the
`
`Emergency
`
`Room.
`
`9.
`
`On or about
`
`October
`
`17, 2016,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`presented
`
`to NEW YORK METHODIST
`
`HOSPITAL,
`
`recommendation
`
`of her
`
`treating
`
`gynecologist,
`
`and was
`
`admitted
`
`there
`
`for
`
`following
`
`workup
`
`of ovarian
`
`mass.
`
`10.
`
`On or about
`
`October
`
`18, 2016,
`
`a day
`
`after
`
`the
`
`admission
`
`date,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`taken
`
`to operating
`
`room
`
`for
`
`resection
`
`of mass
`
`and
`
`frozen
`
`section
`
`for
`
`possible
`
`surgical
`
`staging
`
`at NEW
`
`YORK METHODIST
`
`HOSPITAL.
`
`11.
`
`On
`
`or
`
`about
`
`October
`
`18,
`
`2016,
`
`the
`
`following
`
`procedures
`
`were
`
`performed:
`
`exploratory
`
`laparotomy,
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy,
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`4
`
`of
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`12.
`
`However,
`
`at no point
`
`in time
`
`prior
`
`to the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`theaforesaid
`
`procedures
`
`did
`
`any
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Defendants
`
`or
`
`their
`
`agents
`
`have
`
`any
`
`discussions
`
`with
`
`Plaintiff
`
`about
`
`the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy
`
`andbilateralsalpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`13.
`
`On or about
`
`October
`
`18,
`
`2016,
`
`during
`
`exploratory
`
`laparotomy,
`
`the
`
`specimen
`
`for
`
`ovarian
`
`cancer
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`involvement
`
`of
`
`other
`
`tissues
`
`was
`
`collected.
`
`The
`
`Final
`
`on or about
`
`October
`
`staging
`
`Surgical
`
`Pathology
`
`Report
`
`was
`
`completed
`
`24,
`
`2016,
`
`stating
`
`thattumor
`
`was
`
`limited
`
`to the
`
`right
`
`ovary
`
`with
`
`no
`
`other
`
`tissues
`
`involved
`
`and
`
`no
`
`regional
`
`lymph
`
`nodes
`
`and
`
`distant
`
`metastases
`
`detected.
`
`14.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy,
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy
`
`performed
`
`at NEW YORK
`
`METHODIST
`
`HOSPITAL
`
`on
`
`or
`
`about
`
`October
`
`18, 2016
`
`preceded
`
`the
`
`pathology
`
`report
`
`completed
`
`on or about
`
`October
`
`24,
`
`2016.
`
`At
`
`give
`
`to total
`
`abdominal
`
`15.
`
`no point
`
`in time
`
`did Plaintiff
`
`consent
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy
`
`procedures
`
`performed
`
`at NEW YORK
`
`METHODIST
`
`HOSPITAL
`
`on
`
`or
`
`about
`
`October
`
`18,
`
`2016,
`
`nor
`
`were
`
`any
`
`alternative
`
`courses
`
`of
`
`treatment
`
`discussed
`
`or offered
`
`to Plaintiff.
`
`16.
`
`The
`
`acknowledgment
`
`of hysterectomy
`
`information
`
`form
`
`provided
`
`by Defendants
`
`as part
`
`of
`
`the medical
`
`chart,
`
`purportedly
`
`dated
`
`October
`
`18,
`
`2016,
`
`was
`
`signed
`
`by Defendant
`
`SELITSKY
`
`but was
`
`not
`
`signed
`
`by
`
`the Plaintiff.
`
`It was
`
`the
`
`of Defendants
`
`and
`
`17.
`
`duty
`
`to reasonably,
`
`timely
`
`properly
`
`diagnose,
`
`care
`
`for,
`
`andtreattheir
`
`patients
`
`and, more
`
`particularly,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`OLGA EGGLESTON
`
`herein.
`
`18.
`
`As
`
`a
`
`direct
`
`and
`
`proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`defendants'
`
`negligence,
`
`deviation
`
`from
`
`standard
`
`care,
`
`and
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`informed
`
`consent,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`subjected
`
`to
`
`undergo
`
`irreversible
`
`procedures
`
`that
`
`subsequently
`
`triggered
`
`severe
`
`and
`
`permanent
`
`bodily
`
`injuries,
`
`as well
`
`as caused
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`to experience
`
`severe
`
`irreparable
`
`psychological
`
`issues.
`
`5
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`19.
`
`As
`
`a direct
`
`and
`
`proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`defendants'
`
`acts
`
`and
`
`omissions,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`subjected
`
`to
`
`all
`
`the
`
`risks
`
`inherently
`
`associated
`
`with
`
`the
`
`surgical
`
`procedures
`
`outlined
`
`above,
`
`including
`
`but
`
`not
`
`limited
`
`to
`
`risks
`
`associated
`
`with
`
`anesthesia,
`
`development
`
`of
`
`life-threatening
`
`infections,
`
`injury
`
`to
`
`adjacent
`
`organs,
`
`excessive
`
`bleeding,
`
`severe
`
`pain
`
`during
`
`sexual
`
`intercourse,
`
`blood
`
`clots,
`
`and
`
`tract
`
`injury.
`
`urinary
`
`20.
`
`As
`
`a direct
`
`and
`
`proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`defendants'
`
`acts
`
`and
`
`omissions,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`caused
`
`to
`
`sustain
`
`severe
`
`and
`
`permanent
`
`bodily
`
`injuries,
`
`including
`
`but
`
`not
`
`limited
`
`to
`
`urinary
`
`incontinence,
`
`premature
`
`menopause,
`
`excessive
`
`scarring,
`
`hormonal
`
`imbalance
`
`subjecting
`
`Plaintiff
`
`to undergo
`
`hormone
`
`ieplacement
`
`therapy
`
`and
`
`excessive
`
`pain
`
`and
`
`discomfort.
`
`As
`
`a direct
`
`proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`defendants'
`
`negligence
`
`and
`
`deviation
`
`from
`
`21.
`
`and
`
`standard
`
`care,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`will
`
`potentially
`
`be
`
`subjected
`
`to
`
`additional
`
`surgical
`
`procedures
`
`in
`
`the
`
`future.
`
`22.
`
`As
`
`a direct
`
`and
`
`proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`defendants'
`
`acts
`
`and
`
`omissions,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`caused
`
`to
`
`be
`
`incapacitated
`
`from
`
`attending
`
`to
`
`her
`
`usual
`
`duties
`
`and
`
`occupation
`
`and
`
`will
`
`in
`
`the
`
`future
`
`be so caused.
`
`AS AND FOR THE FIRST
`OLGA
`BY PLAINTIFF
`EGGLESTON
`
`OF ACTION
`CAUSE
`AGAINST
`DEFENDANTS
`
`MEDICAL
`
`MALPRACTICE
`
`The
`
`medical
`
`care
`
`treatment
`
`rendered
`
`OLGA
`
`23.
`
`and
`
`by
`
`Defeñdailts
`
`to
`
`Plaintiff
`
`EGGLESTON
`
`was
`
`rendered
`
`in a careless,
`
`reckless
`
`and
`
`negligent
`
`manner,
`
`not
`
`in accordance
`
`and
`
`conformity
`
`with
`
`proper
`
`and
`
`accepted
`
`medical
`
`practices
`
`and
`
`procedures,
`
`and
`
`constitutes
`
`medical
`
`malpractice.
`
`24.
`
`Defendants
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`timely
`
`and
`
`properly
`
`diagnose
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`medical
`
`condition,
`
`rendered
`
`medical
`
`care
`
`in
`
`a careless,
`
`reckless
`
`and
`
`negligent
`
`manner,
`
`not
`
`in
`
`accordance
`
`and
`
`6 of
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`DOC.
`NO.
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 37
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`conformity
`
`with
`
`proper
`
`and
`
`accepted
`
`medical
`
`practice;
`
`and
`
`that
`
`they
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`confonm
`
`to
`
`and
`
`follow
`
`proper,
`
`safe
`
`and
`
`correct
`
`procedures.
`
`25.
`
`Defendants
`
`further
`
`deviated
`
`from
`
`the
`
`accepted
`
`standard
`
`of
`
`care
`
`in that Defendants
`
`misdiagnosed
`
`Plaintiff
`
`as a candidate
`
`for
`
`the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`26.
`
`Defendants
`
`further
`
`deviated
`
`from
`
`the
`
`accepted
`
`standard
`
`of
`
`care
`
`in that Defendants
`
`performed
`
`unnecessary
`
`surgeries,
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-
`
`oophorectomy.
`
`including
`
`hysterectomy
`
`27.
`
`Among
`
`other
`
`things,
`
`Defendants
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`obtain
`
`an
`
`informed
`
`consent
`
`for
`
`the
`
`procedures
`
`to
`
`be performed
`
`on
`
`or
`
`about
`
`October
`
`18,
`
`2016
`
`from
`
`the
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`subjecting
`
`her
`
`to
`
`periliaileiit
`
`and
`
`irrevocable
`
`consequences
`
`of
`
`such
`
`radical
`
`surgical
`
`procedures
`
`without
`
`her
`
`knowledge
`
`and
`
`understanding
`
`of all
`
`the
`
`risks
`
`and
`
`side
`
`effects
`
`involved.
`
`28.
`
`As
`
`a result
`
`of
`
`the
`
`carelessness,
`
`recklessness
`
`and
`
`negUgence
`
`of Defendants,
`
`as
`
`Plaintiff
`
`OLGA
`
`been
`
`aforesaid,
`
`EGGLESTON
`
`has
`
`caused
`
`to
`
`sustain
`
`severe
`
`and
`
`permanent
`
`personal
`
`injuries
`
`including,
`
`among
`
`other
`
`things,
`
`urinary
`
`incontinence,
`
`premature
`
`lileilopause,
`
`excessive
`
`scuiring,
`
`hormonal
`
`imbalance,
`
`subjecting
`
`Plaintiff
`
`to
`
`undergo
`
`hormone
`
`replacement
`
`therapy;
`
`pain
`
`and
`
`suffering;
`
`was
`
`caused
`
`to be rendered
`
`sick,
`
`sore,
`
`lame
`
`and
`
`disabled
`
`and may
`
`in
`
`the
`
`future
`
`be so caused;
`
`was
`
`caused
`
`to seek
`
`extensive
`
`medical
`
`care
`
`and
`
`treatment
`
`and will
`
`in the
`
`future
`
`be
`
`so
`
`was
`
`caused
`
`be
`
`from
`
`to
`
`her
`
`usual
`
`caused;
`
`to
`
`incapacitated
`
`attending
`
`duties
`
`and
`
`occupation
`
`and may
`
`in the
`
`future
`
`be
`
`so caused;
`
`endured
`
`significant
`
`emotional
`
`distress
`
`resulting
`
`from
`
`the
`
`aforesaid
`
`injuries;
`
`and was
`
`otherwise
`
`damaged,
`
`all
`
`of which
`
`damages
`
`and
`
`injuries
`
`are
`
`permanent
`
`in nature
`
`and
`
`continuing
`
`into
`
`the
`
`future.
`
`29.
`
`By
`
`reason
`
`of
`
`the
`
`foregoing,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`OLGA EGGLESTON
`
`is entitled
`
`to recover
`
`for
`
`damages
`
`and
`
`personal
`
`injuries,
`
`pain
`
`and
`
`suffering,
`
`medical
`
`and
`
`related
`
`expenses,
`
`and
`
`loss
`
`of
`
`7
`
`of
`
`10
`
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`income
`
`from
`
`Defendants
`
`pursuant
`
`to N.Y.
`
`C.P.L.R.
`
`3017(c),
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of which
`
`exceeds
`
`jurisdictional
`
`limits
`
`of all
`
`lower
`
`Courts.
`
`AS AND FOR THE SECOND
`OLGA
`EGGLESTON
`BY PLAINTIFF
`
`OF ACTION
`CAUSE
`AGAINST
`DEFENDANTS
`
`LACK
`
`OF INFORMED
`
`CONSENT
`
`30.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and
`
`reiterates
`
`allegations
`
`1 through
`
`30
`
`inclusive
`
`as if
`
`same
`
`were
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`at
`
`length
`
`herein.
`
`31.
`
`At
`
`no
`
`point
`
`in
`
`time
`
`prior
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`said
`
`surgical
`
`Defendants
`
`obtain
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`informed
`
`consent
`
`for
`
`the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`to
`
`the
`
`procedures,
`
`did
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`32.
`
`At
`
`no point
`
`in time
`
`did Defendants
`
`disclose
`
`to or discuss
`
`with
`
`Plaintiff
`
`any
`
`of
`
`the
`
`risks
`
`and
`
`complications
`
`inherent
`
`in
`
`the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`the
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`33.
`
`Prior
`
`to
`
`the
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`fifty
`
`two
`
`years
`
`old
`
`and was
`
`pre-menopause.
`
`34.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`never
`
`provided
`
`Defendants
`
`her
`
`consent
`
`for
`
`the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`35.
`
`No
`
`informed
`
`consent
`
`was
`
`ever
`
`obtained
`
`by
`
`Defendants
`
`from
`
`Plaintiff
`
`for
`
`the
`
`perfonilance
`
`of
`
`the
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`36.
`
`No
`
`reasonable
`
`person
`
`in
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`place
`
`would
`
`have
`
`consented
`
`for
`
`the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy
`
`under
`
`the
`
`circumstances.
`
`37.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`did
`
`not
`
`and would
`
`not
`
`have
`
`given
`
`her
`
`consent
`
`to the
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`the
`
`total
`
`abdominal
`
`hysterectomy
`
`and
`
`bilateral
`
`salpingo-oophorectomy.
`
`8 of
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`38.
`
`As
`
`a result
`
`of
`
`Defendants'
`
`failure
`
`to obtain
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`informed
`
`consent,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`sustained
`
`serious
`
`and
`
`permanent
`
`personal
`
`injuries,
`
`was
`
`subjected
`
`to
`
`premature
`
`onset
`
`of
`
`menopause,
`
`and
`
`has
`
`been
`
`caused
`
`to suffer
`
`severe
`
`emotional
`
`distress,
`
`pain,
`
`discomfort
`
`and
`
`loss
`
`of
`
`enjoyment
`
`of
`
`life.
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`demands
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`Defendants
`
`in the First
`
`and
`
`Second
`
`Causes
`
`of Action,
`
`pursuant
`
`to N.Y.
`
`C.P.L.R.
`
`3017(c),
`
`for
`
`damages
`
`and
`
`relief,
`
`to which
`
`she
`
`is
`
`entitled,
`
`together
`
`with
`
`the
`
`costs,
`
`disbursements
`
`attorneys'
`
`and
`
`fees
`
`of
`
`this
`
`action.
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`March
`30,
`
`New York
`2017
`
`Yours
`
`etc.,
`
`PALANT
`Attorneys
`
`& SHAPIRO,
`for
`Plaintiffs
`
`P.C.
`
`L----
`
`ESQ.
`
`By:
`
`ALEXANDER
`225
`Broadway,
`New York,
`212-608-1140
`212-608-0101
`
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`Suite
`630
`NY 10007
`
`(tel)
`(fax)
`
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`Attorney's
`
`Certification
`
`to
`Pursuant
`State
`of
`the
`the
`contentions
`
`22 NYCRR130-1.1
`of New
`York,
`contained
`
`the
`undersigned,
`that
`upon
`certifies
`annexed
`in the
`document
`
`an attorney
`inforrnation
`are not
`
`admitted
`and
`belief
`frivolous.
`
`in the
`to practice
`and
`reasonable
`
`New York,
`March
`30,
`
`New York
`2017
`
`courts
`
`inquiry,
`
`Dated:
`
`Alexander
`
`Sl apiro,
`
`Esq.
`
`10
`
`of
`
`10
`
`