Legal Opinion
Plummer v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 2002PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
On this appeal, plaintiffs ask this Court to extend the continuous treatment doctrine from a single physician or related physicians to continuous treatment by an institution. Because the course of the infant’s treatment was not truly continuous, we reverse without reaching the question of whether continuous treatment by an institution is a cognizable theory excusing the untimely filing of a notice of claim.
Infant plaintiff was born on May 21, 1985 at North Central Bronx Hospital (North Central), one of the hospitals owned and operated by defendant Health and…
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- Davis v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
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