Kurian ex rel. Kurian v. Anisman

Facts and Procedural Posture

OPINION BY

OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 On April 5, 2000, a medical malpractice action was instituted on behalf of Ancy Kurian (a minor) against Dr. Paul Anis-man, Dr. Jitendra Shah and the Heart Center for Children. A little more than a year later, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children was also made defendant to the action. Plaintiffs/appellants allege that both Dr. Shah and Dr. Anisman diagnosed Ancy with Down’s syndrome in 1990, but that both doctors failed to properly evaluate and repair the damage to Ancy’s heart and lungs at that time. This failure, it is alleged, has…