Goodman v. State

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered June 11, 1971, so far as appealed from, unanimously reversed, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, without costs and without disbursements, the motion denied, the cross-motion to dismiss the action granted, and the action dismissed. Plaintiff-respondent, mother of a mentally retarded child who is a patient at Gouverneur Hospital Division (in Manhattan) of Willowbrook State School, has succeeded in procuring a temporary injunction against the closing of the hospital by defendant-appellant State Department of Mental Hygiene and the…