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`======X
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`Index
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`No.:
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`54354/2018
`
`SUPPLEMENTAL
`BILL OF
`
`VERIFIED
`
`PARTICULARS
`to defendant
`Westchester
`
`as
`
`County
`Corporation
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`-----____
`
`COURT OF THE STATE
`OF WESTCHESTER
`__
`
`-----
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`JEANETTE
`
`SANTIAGO,
`
`- against
`
`-
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`PETER
`
`HON,
`SURGICAL
`
`HEALTH
`
`M.D.,
`
`and
`
`NORTHERN
`WESTCHESTER
`LLP and WESTCHESTER
`ASSOCIATES,
`CARE CORPORATION,
`
`COUNTY
`
`Healthcare
`
`====--------
`
`---
`
`Defendants.
`---------=-----
`
`X
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`as and
`
`for
`
`her Supplemental
`
`Verified
`
`Bill of Particulars,
`
`pursuant
`
`to the
`
`demand
`
`of defeñdant,
`
`WESTCHESTER
`
`COUNTY
`
`HEALTHCARE
`
`CORPORATION,
`
`respectfully
`
`alleges:
`
`1.
`
`The
`
`defendant
`
`WESTCHESTER
`
`COUNTY
`
`HEALTHCARE
`
`CORPORATION,
`
`by
`
`its
`
`agents,
`
`servants,
`
`employees,
`
`nurses,
`
`technicians,
`
`physicians
`
`assistants
`
`and/or
`
`physicians,
`
`a. Was
`
`careless
`
`and
`
`to
`
`plaintiff's
`
`small
`
`negligent
`
`in causing
`
`injury
`
`bowel
`
`during
`
`sigmoidectomy
`
`for
`
`diverticulitis
`
`at Westchester
`
`County
`
`Hospital,
`
`b.
`
`Caused
`
`and
`
`contributed
`
`to
`
`causing
`
`iatrogenic
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`perforations
`
`during
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`c.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`diagnose,
`
`recognize
`
`and
`
`treat
`
`multiple
`
`latrogenic
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`d.
`
`e.
`
`f.
`
`perforations
`
`prior
`
`to the
`
`conclusion
`
`of
`
`the
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`Performed
`
`a negligent
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`order
`
`pre-operative
`
`and
`
`post-operative
`
`gastrointestinal
`
`consults;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`confer
`
`and
`
`consult
`
`with
`
`plaintiff's
`
`treating
`
`gastroenterc|ogist
`
`prior
`
`to
`
`performing
`
`surgery
`
`upon
`
`plaintiff;
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`1 of 8
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`g,
`
`Failed
`
`to timely
`
`order
`
`and/or
`
`perform
`
`surgery
`
`to
`
`repair
`
`plaintiff's
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`perforations;
`
`h.
`
`i.
`
`Improperly
`
`delayed
`
`surgical
`
`intervention
`
`to
`
`repair
`
`plaintiff's
`
`small
`
`bowel;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`timely
`
`recommend
`
`surgical
`
`intervention
`
`to
`
`repair
`
`plaintiff's
`
`small
`
`bowel;
`
`j.
`
`Neglected
`
`to
`
`consider
`
`the
`
`possibility
`
`that
`
`plaintiff
`
`may
`
`be
`
`suffering
`
`from
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`perforations;
`
`k.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`refer
`
`and/or
`
`transfer
`
`the
`
`plaintiff
`
`to
`
`physicians
`
`or
`
`hospitals
`
`better
`
`equipped
`
`to
`
`diagnose
`
`the
`
`plaintiff's
`
`condition;
`
`I.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`8 days
`
`of
`
`severe,
`
`unrelenting
`
`post-
`
`operative
`
`abdominal
`
`pain
`
`requiring
`
`multiple
`
`doses
`
`of analgesics;
`
`m.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`plaintiff's
`
`persistent
`
`post-operative
`
`nausea
`
`requiring
`
`anti-emetics;
`
`n.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of plaintiff's
`
`postoperative
`
`tachycardia;
`
`0.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`plaintiff's
`
`post-operative
`
`hypotension;
`
`p.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`a post-operative
`
`drop
`
`in oxygen
`
`saturation;
`
`q.
`
`r.
`
`s.
`
`t.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`steadily
`
`dropping
`
`hemoglobin;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`a clinical
`
`picture
`
`of
`
`post-operative
`
`decline
`
`rather
`
`than
`
`improvement
`
`post-operatively;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of a decline
`
`in renal
`
`function;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of an elevated
`
`post-operative
`
`creatinine;
`
`2 of 8
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`u.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`post-operative
`
`persistent
`
`abdominal
`
`pain;
`
`v.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`a newly
`
`distended
`
`abdomen
`
`post-
`
`operatively;
`
`w.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of a post-operative
`
`increased
`
`heart
`
`rate;
`
`x.
`
`y.
`
`z.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of post-operative
`
`coffee
`
`ground
`
`emesis;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of post-operative
`
`dizziness;
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`the
`
`absence
`
`of
`
`flatus
`
`operatively;
`
`aa.Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`decreased
`
`oxygen
`
`saturation
`
`operatively;
`
`Failed
`
`post-
`
`post-
`
`post-
`
`bb.
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`decreased
`
`urinary
`
`output
`
`operatively;
`
`cc.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`timely
`
`perform,
`
`order
`
`and/or
`
`refer
`
`the
`
`plaintiff
`
`for
`
`a post-operative
`
`abdominal
`
`CT scan;
`
`dd.Failed
`
`to
`
`recognize
`
`that
`
`a post-operative
`
`abdominal
`
`CT would
`
`show
`
`the
`
`plaintiff's
`
`injury
`
`to
`
`her
`
`small
`
`intestines;
`
`ee. Failed
`
`to
`
`order
`
`radiological
`
`testing
`
`in
`
`response
`
`to
`
`post-operative
`
`signs
`
`and
`
`symptoms
`
`of
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`injury;
`
`ff.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`rule
`
`in or
`
`rule
`
`out
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`injury;
`
`gg.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`properly
`
`supervise
`
`doctors,
`
`nurses,
`
`assistants,
`
`residents
`
`and
`
`other
`
`medical
`
`providers;
`
`3 of 8
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`hh. Negligently
`
`put
`
`an
`
`instrument
`
`through
`
`the
`
`mesentery
`
`of
`
`plaintiff's
`
`healthy
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`during
`
`her
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`ii.
`
`Negligently
`
`ripped
`
`through
`
`plaintiff's
`
`healthy
`
`colon
`
`during
`
`her
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`jj.
`
`Negligently
`
`poked
`
`holes
`
`through
`
`plaintiff's
`
`healthy
`
`intestines
`
`during
`
`her
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`kk. Negligently
`
`caused
`
`a rent
`
`in the mesentery
`
`of
`
`plaintiff's
`
`healthy
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`during
`
`her
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`II.
`
`Negligently
`
`removed
`
`plaintiff's
`
`ovary
`
`during
`
`her
`
`sigmoidectomy;
`
`mm.
`
`Negligently
`
`performed
`
`an oophorectomy;
`
`nn. Performed
`
`an oophorectomy
`
`without
`
`plaintiff's
`
`consent;
`
`oo.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of a post-operative
`
`elevated
`
`white
`
`blood
`
`cell
`
`count;
`
`pp.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of midline
`
`dressing
`
`oozing
`
`tan,
`
`brown
`
`liquid
`
`post-operatively;
`
`qq. Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`a
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`post-operative
`
`bowel
`
`movements;
`
`rr.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of post-operative
`
`fever;
`
`ss.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of post-operative
`
`shortness
`
`of breath;
`
`tt.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`post-operative
`
`incontinence
`
`of bowel
`
`and
`
`bladder;
`
`4 of 8
`
`
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`uu. Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`post-operative
`
`fluid
`
`collection
`
`in the
`
`pelvis;
`
`vv. Negligently
`
`allowed
`
`plaintiff
`
`to become
`
`septic;
`
`ww.
`
`Failed
`
`to timely
`
`diagnose
`
`and
`
`treat
`
`pelvic
`
`abscesses;
`
`xx.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of post-operative
`
`mental
`
`status
`
`change;
`
`yy.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`significance
`
`of
`
`post-operative
`
`free
`
`fluid
`
`around
`
`the
`
`anastomosis;
`
`zz. Negligently
`
`caused
`
`small
`
`bowel
`
`ischemia/infarction;
`
`aaa.
`
`bbb.
`
`Negligently
`
`caused
`
`an interloop
`
`abscess;
`
`significance
`
`of post-operative
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`appreciate
`
`the
`
`hypavelernia;
`
`ccc.
`
`Failed
`
`to
`
`check
`
`for
`
`bowel
`
`injury
`
`prior
`
`to
`
`concluding
`
`the
`
`sigrñ0idectomy
`
`on
`
`9/25/15.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`reserves
`
`the
`
`right
`
`to
`
`amend
`
`or
`
`supplement
`
`this
`
`Verified
`
`Bill
`
`of Particulars
`
`as
`
`such
`
`information
`
`may
`
`become
`
`available
`
`prior
`
`to the
`
`time
`
`of
`
`trial.
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`June
`6, 2019
`
`New York
`
`Yours
`
`etc.,
`
`KRAMER,
`
`DILLOF,
`
`LIVINGSTON
`
`& MOORE
`
`Gerald
`
`Oginski
`
`Attorneys
`
`for
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Office
`
`SANTIAGO
`JEANETTE
`& P.O. Address
`10th
`
`217
`Broadway,
`New York
`New York,
`267-4177
`(212)
`
`10007
`
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`TO:
`BROWN
`
`Attorneys
`
`GAUjEAN,
`for
`Defendant
`
`KRAUS
`
`& SASTOW,
`
`PLLC
`
`PETER
`HON,
`One North
`
`White
`
`(914)
`
`Plains,
`949-5300
`
`M.D.
`
`Broadway
`NY 10601
`
`- Suite
`
`1010
`
`O'CONNOR
`
`McGUlNNESS
`
`CONTE
`
`DOYLE
`
`OLESON WATSON
`
`& LOFTUS,
`
`LLP
`
`Attorneys
`NORTHERN
`
`for Defendant
`
`WESTCHESTER
`
`SURGICAL
`
`ASSOCIATES,
`
`LLP
`
`One
`
`Barker
`
`Avenue
`
`White
`
`(914)
`
`Plains,
`948-4500
`
`NY
`
`10601
`
`MARTIN
`
`CLEARWATER
`
`Attorneys
`
`for
`
`Defendant
`
`& BELL,
`
`LLP
`
`MEDICAL
`WESTCHESTER
`NETWORK
`HEALTHCARE
`42nd
`
`s/h/a
`
`HEALTH
`COUNTY
`220
`East
`New York,
`697-3122
`(212)
`
`NY 10017
`
`CENTER
`
`WESTCHESTER
`
`CORPORATION
`
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`COUNTY
`
`COURT OF THE STATE
`OF WESTCHESTER
`=---------------------
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`JEANETTE
`
`SANTIAGO,
`
`--===X
`
`Index
`
`No.:
`
`54354/2018
`
`- against
`
`-
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`ATTORNEY
`
`VERIFICATION
`
`PETER
`
`HON,
`SURGICAL
`
`M.D.,
`
`and NORTHERN
`
`WESTCHESTER
`
`ASSOCIATES,
`
`LLP.,
`
`Defendant.
`
`_____________
`
`-
`
`======------=========__________X
`OF NEW YORK
`
`STATE
`
`)
`
`COUNTY
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`)
`
`)
`
`:SS:
`
`Gerald
`
`Oginski,
`
`an
`
`attorney
`
`duly
`
`admitted
`
`to
`
`practice
`
`in the
`
`Courts
`
`of New York
`
`State,
`
`an associate
`
`of
`
`the
`
`law firm
`
`KRAMER,
`
`DILLOF,
`
`LIVINGSTON
`
`& MOORE,
`
`ESQS.,
`
`attorneys
`
`for
`
`the
`
`plaintiff
`
`in the within
`
`action,
`
`hereby
`
`affirms
`
`under
`
`penalty
`
`of perjury:
`
`That
`
`I have
`
`read
`
`within
`
`Verified
`
`Bill
`
`of
`
`Particulars
`
`and
`
`the
`
`Supplemental
`
`knows
`
`the
`
`contents
`
`thereof,
`
`and
`
`that
`
`the
`
`same
`
`is true
`
`to my
`
`own
`
`knowledge,
`
`except
`
`as to
`
`the matters
`
`therein
`
`stated
`
`to
`
`be
`
`alleged
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`and
`
`that
`
`as to those
`
`matters
`
`I believe
`
`it
`
`to
`
`be true.
`
`That
`
`the
`
`sources
`
`of my information
`
`and
`
`kñGwledge
`
`are
`
`investigations
`
`and
`
`records
`
`in the
`
`file.
`
`That
`
`the
`
`reason
`
`this
`
`verification
`
`is made
`
`by affirmant
`
`and
`
`not
`
`by
`
`the
`
`plaintiff
`
`is that
`
`the
`
`plaintiff
`
`is not within
`
`the County
`
`where
`
`the
`
`firm
`
`has
`
`its office.
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`June
`6, 2019
`
`New York
`
`'
`
`Geráfd
`
`Ogidki
`
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`AFFIDAVIT
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`TO: BROWN GAUJEAN,
`for Defendant
`Attorneys
`PETER
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`HON,
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`One North
`Broadway
`Plains, NY 10601
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`949-5300
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`(914)
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`KRAUS
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`948-4500
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`10601
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