Legal Opinion
Smith v. Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 3, 1986PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for emotional distress, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.), dated April 20, 1984, which denied its motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.
*554Order reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, motion granted, and complaint dismissed.
The plaintiffs are the parents of an infant boy named Brendan who was born on March 16, 1981, admitted to the defendant hospital suffering from a form of leukemia on December 14, 1981, and died on January 29, 1982.
On January 4, 1982,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Fischer v. MaloneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Tobin v. GrossmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Bovsun v. SanperiNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Kennedy v. McKesson Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- ATI, Inc. v. Ruder & Finn, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
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