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KATEPOO v. NEW YORK HOSP.

No. 83 CIV 2008 (LBS).

562 F.Supp. 875 (1983)

Vashti KATEPOO and Tamara Katepoo, by their guardian ad litem, Barbara GITTLER, Plaintiffs, v. The NEW YORK HOSPITAL, the Society of the New York Hospital, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Fund, Inc., Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, Richard H. Brent, Frank Miller, James E. Nininger, Donna Manning, Pamela Ingber and Samuel Pauker, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for plaintiffs; Morris B. Abram, Gerald D. Stern, Diane Englander, New York City, of counsel.

Martin, Clearwater & Bell, New York City, for defendants; Francis P. Bensel, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

Plaintiff in this malpractice action has, by order of the Supreme Court of New York, dated February 23, 1983, been appointed guardian ad litem of her stepdaughter Vashti Katepoo ("Vashti").1 Plaintiff describes Vashti as being "severely brain damaged and utterly dependent." (Gittler Affidavit ¶ 1). Vashti is presently a patient at the Payne Whitney...

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