Legal Opinion
Altman v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 21, 1996No. 1402, Docket 95-9053PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
On September 30, 1992, the Medical Director of Metropolitan Hospital Center entered a clinic at the Hospital and found a drunken doctor treating a patient. The doctor was Kurt Altman, Chief of the Hospital’s Department of Internal Medicine. The incident led to the disclosure of a history of bizarrely favored treatment for Altman, an admitted alcoholic, and to his subsequent termination as Chief of the Internal Medicine Department. This is an appeal from the summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Martin, J.)…
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- Altman v. New York City Health And Hospitals CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996