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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