Legal Opinion
Collins v. Jamaica Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 26, 1990PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On December 7, 1984, Muriel James died during the course of a caesarean section operation performed by the defendant Jean in the operating room of the defendant Jamaica Hospital. Muriel James died intestate and was survived by her husband, mother, and two minor infants. Her husband, mother, and older infant were nondomiciliary aliens. Accordingly, under the applicable statute at the time of her death, all of these persons were unable to receive letters of adminis*650tration (see, SCPA former 707 [1] [a], [c]; cf., SCPA 707 [1] [c], as amended L 1986, ch 780, § 1; Matter of Cowen, 134 Misc 2d 972;…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ratka v. St. Francis HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Reporter Co. v. TomickiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Bonilla v. AbbottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Berkshire Life Insurance v. FernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- In re the Estate of Al-AhmadNew York Surrogate's Court · 1986
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ruiz v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Spatafora v. St. John's Episcopal HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994