BOOTHE v. LAWRENCE HOSP.


188 A.D.2d 435 (1992)

Germaine Boothe, an Infant, by His Mother and Natural Guardian, Carolyn B. Boothe, et al., Respondents, v. Lawrence Hospital, Appellant

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

December 29, 1992


We disagree with the court that the action is for simple negligence. The burns allegedly sustained by the hypothermic infant plaintiff after treatment by defendant hospital's nurses with hot water bottles "constituted an integral part of the process of rendering medical treatment" (Scott v Uljanov, 74 N.Y.2d 673, 675), and was "within the realm of the exercise of professional judgment ...

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