GERNER v. LONG ISLAND JEWISH HILLSIDE MED. CTR.


203 A.D.2d 60 (1994)

609 N.Y.S.2d 898

Michelle Gerner, Appellant, v. Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center, Respondent, and Morton J. Geller, Appellant

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

April 7, 1994


Plaintiff gave birth to her infant son at the defendant Medical Center on March 8, 1971. Defendant Geller, a private physician, entered the picture six hours later, as attending pediatrician with resident privileges. On March 11, Dr. Geller, having noted and confirmed a slightly jaundiced condition, ordered phototherapy. After three days of such treatment and monitoring, the child's bilirubin count fell to a normal level, and Dr. Geller ordered the patient discharged.

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