Granicz v. Chirillo

SILBERMAN, Judge.

This case arose from the tragic suicide of Jacqueline Granicz, a fifty-five year-old wife and mother who was being treated for depression by her primary care physician. Jacqueline’s husband, Robert Granicz (“Granicz”), filed a medical malpractice action as personal representative of Jacqueline’s estate in which he asserted that Dr. Joseph S. Chirillo, Jr., breached his duty of care in treating Jacqueline and that her suicide resulted from that breach. Granicz named Dr. Chirillo, Joseph S. Chirillo, M.D., P.A., and Millennium Physician Group, LLC, as defendants (collectively…