State Commission of Correction v. Nassau County Medical Center

OPINION OF THE COURT

Weiss, J.

This case emanates from the death of Bobby J. Patton while committed to the Nassau County Jail awaiting trial on a pending attempted murder charge. On December 5, 1986, Patton became ill and was transferred to respondent, where he was treated and held under guard until his death on March 10, 1987 due to, inter alia, kidney failure and AIDS-related complex. On March 12, 1987, John J. McNulty, Jr., a member of petitioner and chairman of petitioner’s Medical Review Board (hereinafter MRB), served a subpoena duces tecum on respondent seeking Patton’s medical records.…