Cogdell v. Hospital Center at Orange

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

In this case, Ruth Cogdell, while under the care of Dr. Brown, an obstretrician, gave birth by an emergency cesarean section. The baby suffered permanent injuries at or shortly after her birth. She was diagnosed as having cerebral palsy of the severest spastic quadriparetic type with microcephaly and *9mental retardation.1 Mrs. Cogdell instituted a lawsuit on her own behalf, and as guardian ad litem, on behalf of her child, against Dr. Brown, and later against Dr. Snead, the emergency-room pediatrician. No other parties were named as…