Barcia v. Society of New York Hospital

This is an action brought by plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Maria Barcia, deceased, for damages for the wrongful death of the decedent.

Maria Barcia at the time of her death was a little over two ■years of age. At the request of Dr. Valente, their family physician, she was brought by her parents to the defendant’s hospital on May 5, 1958. They presented a note from Dr. Valente that she be admitted and hospitalized. The admitting physician, Dr. Baum, upon examination and over his own signature in the hospital records, found the following symptomology: a temperature of…