Legal Opinion
T. D. v. New York State Office of Mental Health
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 1995PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
The mere mention of experimental medical research on incapacitated human beings — the mentally ill, the profoundly retarded, and minor children summons up visceral reactions with recollections of the brutal Nazi experimentation with helpless subjects in concentration camps, and elicits shudders of revulsion when parallels are suggested. Even without the planned brutality, we have had deplorable instances of overreaching medical research in this country.1
Nevertheless, the benefits of planned and objective research on human beings over the long run…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Eichner v. DillonNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Rivers v. KatzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- T.D. v. New York State Office of Mental HealthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2001