Legal Opinion
Prink v. Rockefeller Center, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 15, 1979PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether evidentiary privileges prevent disclosure in a wrongful death action concerning the mental condition of the decedent whose unwitnessed death occurred under circumstances consistent with either negligence of the defendant or suicide. We hold that since decedent himself could not have prevented disclosure, his personal representative may not do so in an action brought under EPTL 5-4.1.
Plaintiff is the administratrix of the estate of her husband, Robert Prink, who was an associate of a law firm whose offices were at 30…
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