DiGeronimo v. Fuchs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
When the plaintiff became pregnant with her second child, she sought medical treatment from the defendants Allen Fuchs, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and Staten Island University Hospital (hereinafter SIUH). In accordance with her religious beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness, the plaintiff had previously signed a health care proxy indicating that she “absolutely, *934unequivocally and resolutely refused” various forms of blood transfusions, including homologous blood transfusions, i.e., the transfer of another person’s blood into her body, stored autologous blood transfusions, i.e., the transfer…
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