There has been presented to this court an order judicially permitting the compromising, by settlement, of an infant's cause of action for alleged medical malpractice. The application comes within the purview of CPLR article 12 (CPLR 1207, 1208), which mandates prior court approval.
The procedure is not new, but the application herein indicates certain matters which require the court to make the following observations, important...
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