Berg v. New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBotein, J.
This appeal poses the problem of accommodating the situation it presents to the flexural line of cases dealing with the negligence of hospital employees.
The female plaintiff was a patient in the defendant hospital. An admittedly qualified laboratory technician, employed by the hospital, made a serological test to determine the plaintiff’s blood factor. This test was made in contemplation of, and as an indicated preliminary to, a blood transfusion ordered for plaintiff by her physician. The technician concededly made an error in designating plaintiff’s blood factor, with the result that she…
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