Hecht v. Kaplan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Florio, J.
In December 1990, the plaintiff Trudy Hecht went to the office of the defendant Dr. Mark Kaplan located at the codefendant North Shore University Hospital to have blood withdrawn for the purpose of testing for cytomegalovirus (hereinafter CMV). Two vials of blood were drawn. The blood was tested for CMV and, unbeknownst to Trudy Hecht, was also tested for Human T-cell Leukemia Virus (hereinafter HTLV), a contagious disease. The test indicated that Trudy Hecht was infected with HTLV. The defendants did not inform the plaintiffs of the results of the HTLV test for…
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