Mrs. Mary Escobar was 40 years old at the time she became pregnant with infant plaintiff Claudia. Prior to this pregnancy, she had suffered two miscarriages in the two preceding years. At the beginning of this pregnancy, in April 1976, Mrs. Escobar was categorized by defendant New York Hospital's clinic as a high-risk patient. This was due to the fact that so-called elderly pregnant patients are more prone to develop hypertension. There is a relationship between hypertension...
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