BROOKLYN, NY (CN) - A rabbi botched the bris of an infant
who had a birth defect involving his penis, and then failed to preserve the
foreskin, the boy's mother claims in Kings County Superior Court.
Rabbi Eliyahu
Shain performed the bris on Benjamin Altman in December 2009 at New York
University Medical Center's Pediatric Associates of New York City.
But the boy's
mother, Staci H. Altman, says the mohel failed to recognize that the boy had
hypospadias, a medical condition where the urethra develops on the underside of
the penis.
Since then, the
boy's permanent injuries have caused him to suffer "great physical pain
and mental anguish and loss of enjoyment of life," according to the
lawsuit.
The circumcision
was allegedly performed "outside of a hospital or appropriate medical
facility," but the complaint does not specify where.
A hospital
spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The boy's mother
seeks unspecified actual and punitive damages for negligence.
She and her son
are represented by John Bailly with Bailly and McMillan.
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