VELASQUEZ v. RUIZ

2019-08259. Index No. 4043/13.

203 A.D.3d 786 (2022)

164 N.Y.S.3d 188

2022 NY Slip Op 01343

Amanda Flores Velasquez, Respondent, v. Reginald Ruiz et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided March 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ekblom & Partners, LLP (Mazzola Lindstrom LLP, New York, NY [Richard E. Lerner and Nina T. Edelman], of counsel), for appellants.

DeSimone & Associates, LLC (The Altman Law Firm, PLLC, Woodmere, NY [Michael T. Altman, Ralph DeSimone, and David A. Beke], of counsel), for respondent.

Brathwaite Nelson, J.P., Iannacci, Rivera and Ford, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

In 2011, the plaintiff, who was 20 years old and pregnant, was being treated at Woodhull Hospital by various medical personnel, including the defendant Reginald Ruiz. Late in her pregnancy, the plaintiff began complaining of blurry vision and other eye problems. The plaintiff saw an optometrist at Ruiz's suggestion and received new glasses. Her eye problems continued, and she repeatedly complained...

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