Nieves v. Montefiore Medical Center

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Michael DeMarco, J.), entered August 27, 2001, which denied defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment dismissing the infant plaintiff’s claims against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Elizabeth Veros Nieves, was infertile due to a congenital chromosomal disorder known as Turner’s Syndrome, a condition in which a woman lacks one “X” chromosome. When Ms. Nieves sought to become pregnant, she was referred by her gynecologist, defendant Dr. Amid Moota*162bar, to defendant The Fertility and Hormone Center of Montefiore Medical…