Legal Opinion
McAteer v. Arden Hill Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 7, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarvey, J.
Appeal (transferred to this court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hickman, J.), entered June 12, 1989 in Orange County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of defendants.
Plaintiff in this medical malpractice action was born on October 31, 1981 at defendant Arden Hill Hospital following a placental abruption, a condition in which a normally implanted placenta prematurely separates from the uterine wall. Plaintiff was born in a severely depressed state and, upon taking her first breath, apparently inhaled an undetermined quantity of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Felner v. ShapiroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Ellenberger v. PenaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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