Alvarez v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

In this action for medical malpractice, the infant plaintiff who was born at defendant hospital in October 2004 and was found to be suffering from abnormally low glucose levels shortly after her birth, alleges, inter alia, that defendant committed malpractice by failing to perform an emergency cesarean section and in its diagnosis and treatment of plaintiffs hypoglycemia, resulting in neurological injuries. Plaintiff served defendant with a notice of claim on June 5, 2006 but did not move to deem the notice timely until February 8, 2009.

In support of her motion, plaintiff submitted a…