JOSWICK v. LENOX HILL HOSP.


161 A.D.2d 352 (1990)

Donna Joswick, an Infant, by Her Parent and Natural Guardian, Albert Joswick, et al., Respondents, v. Lenox Hill Hospital et al., Defendants, and Cesare E. Cucci, Appellant

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

May 10, 1990


The infant plaintiff was born on May 23, 1968, with a congenital heart abnormality involving a transposition of her aorta and pulmonary artery. This reversal caused blood to circulate without oxygen, and is a serious if not fatal malady. Defendant Cucci performed a Rashkind procedure on May 27, 1968, whereby a hole was pierced through the wall separating the left and right upper chambers of the heart, allowing some oxygenated blood...

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