Legal Opinion
In re Grand Jury Investigation of Onondaga County
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 1983PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
A subpoena, although limited to “[n]ames and addresses of those treated for stab wounds or other wounds caused by a knife from June 15, 1982 through June 17, 1982,” must be quashed because it may require the hospital to which it is addressed to divulge information protected by the physician-patient privilege (CPLR 4504, subd [a]). The order of the Appellate Division granting the motion of respondent hospital to quash the subpoena served by the District Attorney, as limited by the District Attorney’s letter, should, therefore, be affirmed.
On June 16,1982, a woman…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Edington v. . Aetna Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- People v. DecinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Klein v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- People v. EckertNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Matter of N.Y. City Council v. GoldwaterNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
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3Cited by49 opinions
- MATTER OF BEACH v. ShanleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. v. MorgenthauNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- People v. StrawbridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Stern v. MorgenthauNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum v. KurianskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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