Haymes v. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for assault and battery, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bellard, J.), dated May 23, 2000, which granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

On October 14, 1993, the plaintiff Ellen Haymes attempted to take her own life by putting a handgun to her head and pulling the trigger. The plaintiff Adine Hamlin, Haymes’ sister, called the 911 emergency telephone number. An emergency medical crew responded, undertook to…