Case Name: Musa Callistro, an Infant, by His Mother and Natural Guardian, Jessica Rivera, Appellant, v. Michael W. Bebbington, M.D., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-12-11
Citations: 20 N.Y.3d 945
Docket Number: 
Parties: Musa Callistro, an Infant, by His Mother and Natural Guardian, Jessica Rivera, Appellant, v Michael W. Bebbington, M.D., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 945–946

Head Matter:
[982 NE2d 81, 958 NYS2d 319]
Musa Callistro, an Infant, by His Mother and Natural Guardian, Jessica Rivera, Appellant, v Michael W. Bebbington, M.D., et al., Respondents.
Decided December 11, 2012
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Law Offices of Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald, P.C., Yonkers (John M. Daly of counsel), for appellant.
Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP, New York City (Daniel S. Ratner of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, with costs, and certified question not answered on the ground that it is unnecessary. Plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact concerning whether defendants' alleged malpractice in failing to perform a caesarean section rather than a vaginal delivery was the cause of the child's alleged cognitive, receptive, and expressive deficits and developmental disability.
Concur: Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith and Pigott.