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JOHNSON v. YESHIVA UNIV.

42 N.Y.2d 818 (1977)

Steven D. Johnson, an Infant, by His Father and Natural Guardian, Walter Johnson, et al., Appellants, v. Yeshiva University et al., Respondents. City of New York, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth J. Goldmacher and Norman H. Dachs for appellants.

Norman Bard and Sidney Voletsky for defendants-respondents.

W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Bernard Burstein and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for third-party defendant-respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The plaintiff mother gave birth to the infant plaintiff, who, born a "cri-du-chat" child, was doomed by that condition to a life of helpless physical and mental retardation. This action, brought by the child and its parents, is grounded on defendants' alleged medical malpractice in failing, when consulted for genetic counseling during the course of the pregnancy, to have advised and performed an amniocentesis...

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