Trifiletti v. Cheon-Lee

Lahtinen, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Reilly Jr., J.), entered March 14, 2014 in Schenectady County, which, among other things, denied a motion by defendants Ellis Hospital and Bellevue Woman’s Medical Center, Inc. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against them.

Plaintiff April Cranker (hereinafter the mother) gave birth via cesarean section to plaintiff Luke Trifiletti (hereinafter the child) at defendant Bellevue Woman’s Medical Center, Inc. Defendant Elaine Hee-Young Cheon-Lee, the mother’s obstetrician, performed the surgical procedure. During the procedure,…