Legal Opinion
Patricia Kruck v. St. John's Episcoal Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 17, 1996PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Shortly after his birth at the defendant St. John’s Episcopal Hospital (hereinafter the appellant) on August 24, 1982, the infant plaintiff was diagnosed as having a fractured right leg. A pediatric orthopedist casted the leg, and the infant was released from the hospital three days later. In January 1992, his parents commenced this medical malpractice action on his behalf, naming as defendants the appellant, the obstetrician and anesthesiologist who attended the delivery, and two pediatricians who cared for the infant in the neonatal nursery. The plaintiffs alleged that the infant had…
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