Arauz v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

*559In this medical malpractice action in which the infant plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries plaintiffs mother became aware of soon after his birth, the court properly considered the pertinent statutory factors and exercised its discretion in denying the infant plaintiffs motion (General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]). Plaintiffs mother’s excuse that she was unaware that she had a malpractice claim until approximately seven years after the infant plaintiffs birth, without explanation as to how she came to this knowledge, is unreasonable (see Plaza v New York Health & Hosps. Corp. [Jacobi Med.…