Mark Rockefeller, Respondents v. George P. Moront, Appellants

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division, holding that the suture placed during the plaintiff's hernia repair is a fixation device, not a "foreign object" within the discovery rule exception. Consequently, the foreign‑object exception does not apply and the malpractice action is barred by the three‑year statute of limitations.