NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The New Jersey parents of an infant have filed a medical malpractice suit in the New York Supreme Court related to a surgery that allegedly left the child initially paralyzed, then without full motor function on her right side.
The suit was filed by attorney Christina Ctorides of Javerbaum, Wurgaft, Hicks, Khan, Wikstrom and Sinins P.C. against the New York Presbyterian Hospital, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and several doctors, according to court documents filed March 15.
The core allegations are that the child received surgery in September 2018 intended to correct upper thoracic scoliosis, and that her parents were not properly provided with appropriate pre-operative instructions. The suit alleges that the defendants were aware of a heart condition for which the child had received three previous surgeries and that she was on daily aspirin therapy.
During the course of the September surgery, the suit alleges that the child lost "a lot of blood" and her blood pressure dropped, prompting her surgery to be aborted. When she awoke, she was allegedly paralyzed on her right side, temporarily lost other motor functions, and never fully regained motor function on her right side, the suit says.
The parents are seeking full compensation for damages and losses permitted by state law.