Leal v. Simon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rubin, J.
This action arises from the defendant Dr. Simon’s treatment in 1982 of Charles Leal, a 36-year-old individual who was born severely mentally retarded and blind. While he was treated by *200Dr. Simon, Charles was a resident of an intermediate care facility of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. (hereinafter UCPA).
Charles had been institutionalized his whole life and, from 1972 until 1981, resided at the Suffolk Developmental Center. In an effort to control his increasingly severe episodes of self-abusive behavior, in 1978 his primary physician…
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