Flores v. Flushing Hospital & Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carro, J.
The 14-year-old plaintiff, by and with her father, sues the hospital and physician who treated her at birth and for a period thereafter for injuries sustained in the first weeks of her life. Only two pounds, eight ounces at birth, she is today a healthy *199teen-ager with an above-average I.Q.; however, she is totally blind as a result of retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) disease, which plaintiffs argue was caused by the administration of excessive amounts of oxygen over her first 13 days. The complaint alleges malpractice and lack of informed consent. A jury, upon proper…
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