LAMPIASI v. ST VINCENT'S MED


71 A.D.2d 203 (1979)

Wayne Lampiasi, an Infant, by Alice Lampiasi, His Mother, Respondent, v. St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 29, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann D'Amato of counsel (Mendes & Mount, attorneys), for appellant.

Nathaniel M. Swergold for respondent.

FEIN, BLOOM, SILVERMAN and ROSS, JJ., concur.


BIRNS, J. P.

In this action for malpractice, where appellant seeks to dismiss the complaint as barred by the Statute of Limitations, we are to consider the effect of recent legislative amendments to the Civil Practice Law and Rules which establish the attainment of the age of 18 as the point in time at which infancy ends.

The circumstances which confront us are tragic. Plaintiff-respondent, Wayne Lampiasi...

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