KRAUS v. SPIELBERG


37 Misc.2d 519 (1962)

Katherine E. Kraus et al., Plaintiffs, v. Morris Spielberg et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, Kings County.

December 20, 1962


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newman, Hauser & Teitler for plaintiffs. Barry, Treanor, Shandell & Brophy for Morris Spielberg, defendant. Perrell, Nielsen & Stephens for Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, defendant.


BENJAMIN BRENNER, J.

The defendant is a treating doctor accused of erroneously informing the plaintiff that her arrested pulmonary tubercular condition had become active and that tuberculosis germs were in her stomach. In effect, plaintiff says that this misinformation and resultant therapy have caused her to suffer from a tuberculosis phobia and likens her situation to that of the psychic injury suffered by the "cancerophobia" victim whose recovery against...

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