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BURTON v. BROOKLYN HOSP

88 A.D.2d 217 (1982)

Daniel R. Burton, Respondent, v. Brooklyn Doctors Hospital et al., Defendants, and New York Hospital et al., Appellants

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

July 22, 1982

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Concannon of counsel (Kathleen M. Burke and Geraldine M. Boylan with him on the brief; Kelley Drye & Warren, attorneys), for appellants.

Emilio Nunez of counsel (Mark B. Wiesen with him on the brief; Mark B. Wiesen, P. C., attorney), for respondent.

KUPFERMAN, J. P., SANDLER, SILVERMAN and ASCH, JJ., concur.

SULLIVAN, J.

Plaintiff, blind since infancy from a disease known as retrolental fibroplasis (RLF), caused by his exposure to a prolonged liberal application of oxygen, has recovered a substantial judgment for medical malpractice against New York Hospital, where he was treated as a premature infant, and two of its physicians, all of whom appeal.

Born five to six weeks premature at Brooklyn Doctors Hospital...

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