Legal Opinion
Myers v. County of Nassau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 16, 1971PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Latham, Christ, Brennan and Benjamin, JJ., concur; Hopkins, Acting P. J., dissents and votes to affirm the judgment insofar as appealed from, with the following memorandum: The action is for wrongful death occurring as a result of malpractice. The decedent was brought *634to the defendant’s hospital after he had fainted while working and had fallen to the ground. After a cursory examination, an intern diagnosed the decedent’s condition as inebriation and told the decedent to go home. The decedent left the hospital and almost immediately fainted again in the parking area. The intern this time took…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dunham v. Village of CanisteoNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hilda Hegger, of the Estate of Fred P. Hegger, Plaintiff-Appellee v. George E. Green, and St. Luke's Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Davidson v. ConoleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Segarra v. Wyckoff Heights HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Hilda Hegger, of the Estate of Fred P. Hegger, Plaintiff-Appellee v. George E. Green, and St. Luke's Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981