WOODS v. LANCET


303 N.Y. 349 (1951)

Robert C. Woods, an Infant, by Estelle Woods, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Joseph Lancet, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 6, 1951


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Gottdiener for appellant.

Louis Helfenstein and Norman Lustig for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur with DESMOND, J.; LEWIS, J., dissents in opinion in which CONWAY, J., concurs.


DESMOND, J.

The complaint served on behalf of this infant plaintiff alleges that, while the infant was in his mother's womb during the ninth month of her pregnancy, he sustained, through the negligence of defendant, such serious injuries that he came into this world permanently maimed and disabled. Defendant moved to dismiss the complaint as not stating a cause of action, thus taking the position that its allegations...

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