Legal Opinion
Tiborsky v. Martorella
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 10, 1992PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYesawich Jr., J.
Appeal (transferred to this Court by order of the Appellate Division, *796Second Department) from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Weiner, J.), entered March 5, 1991 in Rockland County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of defendants.
Defendant Louis Martorella, an obstetrician, attended Marlena Tiborsky during labor and delivery of plaintiffs infant. To aid Tiborsky’s labor, defendant prescribed Pitocin, a synthetic hormone that stimulates uterine contractions; the drug was administered for eight hours. At Martorella’s direction, after 2 Vi hours of maternal pushing in an attempt to vaginally…
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