Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 30, 1982 (Moore v. Shah)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Weiss, J.

In what appears to be a case of first impression for an appellate court, we are called upon today to determine whether the donor for a kidney transplant has a cause of action against a physician who was allegedly guilty of negligence in the diagnosis and prescribed treatment of his patient, the donee, in this case the donor’s father.