Burton v. Brooklyn Doctors Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
Plaintiff, blind since infancy from a disease known as retrolental fibroplasis (RLF), caused by his exposure to a *218prolonged liberal application of oxygen, has recovered a substantial judgment for medical malpractice against New York Hospital, where he was treated as a premature infant, and two of its physicians, all of whom appeal.
Born five to six weeks premature at Brooklyn Doctors Hospital on July 3,1953, plaintiff, who weighed only 1,362 grams or three pounds at birth, was transferred the next day to New York Hospital, which had been designated by the City…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mrachek v. Sunshine Biscuit, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1954
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