Jorge v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kassal, J.

Where an act of alleged medical malpractice consists of the misreading of the results of a sickle cell anemia test administered to a man solely in conjunction with the genetic counseling and prenatal care of the woman who will bear his child, the obstetric care rendered during that pregnancy constitutes continuous treatment for the purpose of tolling the Statute of Limitations.

In January 1985, plaintiff Lillian Jorge, then 29 years of age, began to receive prenatal care at Bellevue Hospital, which is owned and operated by defendant, the New York City Health and…