Legal Opinion
New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. v. Morgenthau
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 15, 2002PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
Hospitals may assert a physician-patient privilege under CPLR 4504 (a) to maintain the confidentiality of patient medical records. The case before us involves the extent to which grand juries may, compatibly with CPLR 4504 (a), acquire medical records for the purpose of identifying criminal assailants.
On May 25, 1998, an unidentified assailant stabbed a man to death in Manhattan. Police could determine only that the assailant was a Caucasian male in his 30s or early 40s and that he may have been bleeding when he fled the scene. Over 2V2 years later, still…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Dillenbeck v. HessNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Williams v. Roosevelt HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- In re Grand Jury Investigation of Onondaga CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Matter of N.Y. City Council v. GoldwaterNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- People v. NewmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
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- Gunn v. Sound Shore Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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