Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 20, 2008 (Biello v. Albany Memorial Hospital)

Lahtinen, J.

Plaintiff contends that she sustained a circular thermal burn on her right calf while defendant David Dixon was performing surgery on her right ankle at defendant Albany Memorial Hospital. The condition of her calf injury eventually resulted in further surgery by Francis Cullen, a plastic surgeon with whom she consulted following the ankle surgery.