DUFFEY v. FEAR


121 A.D.2d 928 (1986)

Brian Duffey, an Infant, by His Parents and Natural Guardians, Robert W. Duffey and Another, Respondent, v. Robert E. Fear, Appellant

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

July 24, 1986


In this medical malpractice action brought by his parents on behalf of the infant plaintiff, Brian Duffey, to recover damages for the blindness he incurred following his premature birth as a result of a condition known as retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), the defendant doctor appeals from a judgment entered upon a general jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the total sum of $1,740,000. The theory of the plaintiff's case was that the condition causing blindness resulted...

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