Farkas v. Orange Regional Medical Center

The plaintiff Libi Farkas (hereinafter the plaintiff mother) commenced this action in a representative capacity on behalf of the plaintiff Miriam Farkas (hereinafter the infant plaintiff) and derivatively on her own behalf, alleging that the defendants committed malpractice during the course of her pregnancy and the infant plaintiffs birth. In a preliminary conference order, the Supreme Court directed the plaintiffs to provide authorizations for, among other things, her prenatal, obstetrical, and gynecological records pertaining to the births of her six nonparty children. The plaintiffs moved…