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In the Matter of the Estate of KRISTEN J. BROADNAX, Deceased.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioners sought limited letters of administration in the Surrogate's Court for the purpose of maintaining causes of action in the Supreme Court to recover damages for personal injury and wrongful death on behalf of the estate of their infant daughter Kristen, who was stillborn. The Surrogate properly denied the petitioners' application, as no cause of action to recover damages for wrongful death or personal injury exists on behalf of a stillborn infant ( see, Endresz v. Friedberg, 24 N.Y.2d 478; La Page v. Di Costanzo, 194 A.D.2d 977, lv denied 82 N.Y.2d 662, cert denied 510 U.S. 1178; see also, LaBello v Albany Med. Ctr. Hosp., 85 N.Y.2d 701).

O'Brien, J.P., Thompson, Pizzuto and Friedmann, JJ., concur.

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MATTER OF BROADNAX
(Jun 23, 1997)