DOE v. LAM


268 A.D.2d 206 (2000)

701 N.Y.S.2d 347

JANE DOE, Respondent, v. LAI-YET LAM, Defendant, and NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORPORATION, Appellant.

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

Decided January 4, 2000.


The complaint alleges that plaintiff's mother, while pregnant with plaintiff, had blood drawn at defendant hospital for routine prenatal testing. The hospital's lab performed a required hepatitis B test, which was positive. Although the hospital notified the mother's doctor, the doctor did not notify the mother. Consequently, at the time of delivery, necessary treatment was not administered that could have prevented plaintiff from contracting hepatitis B. Plaintiff claims...

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