The issue raised in this medical malpractice action is whether subdivision 8 of section 148-a of the Judiciary Law (hereinafter referred to as the "new law") signed into law on July 1, 1975 is violative of the Constitution. A determination of this question requires a brief review of the facts:
The plaintiff Marcia Halpern was a patient of the defendant doctor for 10 years, during which period the defendant, an
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