Legal Opinion
In re Melideo
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1976PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeon D. Lazer, J.
This application by the Brunswick Hospital Center for an order authorizing a qualified physician from the hospital to perform a blood transfusion on the respondent Kathleen Melideo, if necessary, is denied.
The application relates to a 23-year-old childless (and non-pregnant) married woman upon whom a diagnostic dilatation and curettage was performed on December 3, 1976. Twenty-four hours after the operative procedure, she developed a uterine hemmorhage as a result of which her hemoglobin count was reduced from 13 grams to 5.8 grams and she has developed anemia. The respondent and her husband…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Holmes v. Silver Cross Hospital of Joliet, IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972
- In Re OsborneDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Erickson v. DilgardNew York Supreme Court · 1962
- Anderson v. Raleigh Fitkin-Paul Morgan Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
3Cited by29 opinions
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- Fosmire v. NicoleauNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
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