Legal Opinion
Arzu v. Arzu
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 6, 1993PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J. P.
Born in 1966 with, a condition of stunted growth commonly known as dwarfism, plaintiff was rendered permanently paralyzed from the waist down as a result of an operation performed in 1980. Through his legal representative, he thereafter entered into a substantial structured settlement of his malpractice action against the hospital in which the surgery was performed. When plaintiff reached the age of 18, his guardian turned over $161,718.33, the balance remaining in the account into which the payments called for by the settlement were made. Plaintiff states…
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