Legal Opinion
Pedrero v. Moreau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 7, 1992Published
1Opinion of the Court
*366This is a medical malpractice action brought on behalf of an infant who suffers from cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia, allegedly as a result of the negligence of physicians who were in attendance immediately prior to, and during, his induced premature birth. At issue on appeal was whether the defendant-physicians were, at the time of plaintiff’s delivery on June 3, 1970, employees of the City of New York or of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation ("HHC”). The import of this distinction is that the former would have required that a notice of claim be filed within 90 days…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bender v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Bender v. Jamaica HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Economou v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973