MATTER OF WRIGHT


271 A.D.2d 201 (2000)

706 N.Y.S.2d 35

In the Matter of the Estate of SHAMAR K. WRIGHT, Deceased. DEIRDRE WRIGHT, as Administratrix, Appellant; FRANKLIN SALKEY, Respondent.

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

Decided April 4, 2000.


Shamar Kareem Wright was born on January 13, 1996 and died on November 23, 1996. During his brief life, Shamar was intermittently a patient at Montefiore Medical Center for treatments which gave rise to claims for negligence and which were ultimately settled for $240,000 for his conscious pain and suffering. Shamar's mother, Deirdre Wright, commenced a paternity proceeding against Franklin Salkey who, once a paternity test established that he was the biological father, finally...

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