Z.T. ex rel. Taylor v. Long Island College Hospital

OPINION OF THE COURT

Carolyn E. Demarest, J.

The court has been presented with a proposed infant compromise order in this case involving a child born prematurely at 24 weeks’ gestation at Long Island College Hospital who continues to suffer significant neurological and developmental disabilities as a result of brain injury sustained during delivery admission which will prevent her from ever living independently. The child therefore qualifies, under Public Health Law § 2999-h, to be provided with all future health care costs, as defined in Public Health Law § 2999-h (3), through the New York…