Legal Opinion
Stega v. New York Downtown Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 10, 2017No. 152716/13 478PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Saxe, J.
The statements that form the basis of the defamation claim at issue here were made to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigator in the course of an investigation. In fact, that investigation was prompted by a complaint made by plaintiffs after defendant hospital terminated their employment, in which they expressed concern that the patients in research protocols being overseen by the hospital’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) might be treated improperly. The particular research protocol at the heart of the underlying events, which led directly to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- People v. WaltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Stega v. New York Downtown Hosp.New York Court of Appeals · 2018
- Gallagher v. N.Y.C. Health & Hospitals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
- Stega v. New York Downtown HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017