Legal Opinion
Prego v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 31, 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Aaron D. Bernstein, J.
Following her graduation from a foreign medical school, the *710plaintiff served as an unpaid extern at the defendant, Kings County Hospital. The "extern program” permitted the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), another named defendant, to observe and evaluate the abilities of medical doctors who did not graduate from medical schools in the United States. If HHC was satisfied with the abilities of the externs, the doctors would probably be offered employment as interns.
In January 1983 while assisting an intern, the defendant Joyce…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Steinhardt v. Johns-Manville Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Thornton v. Roosevelt HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Di Marco v. Hudson Valley Blood ServicesNew York Supreme Court · 1988
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Di Marco v. Hudson Valley Blood ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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- Jensen v. General Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1993