Legal Opinion
Stubbs v. Ellis Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 31, 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.
Plaintiff, who suffers from a bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder and was experiencing auditory hallucinations, was taken by ambulance to defendant Ellis Hospital in the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County late in the evening of March 14, 2006. Once there, he was placed in a room where he waited approximately six hours for a crisis worker to arrive, during which time his behavior became increasingly bizarre, culminating in his attempt to pull a fire alarm. Numerous hospital staff, police officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by defendant Mohawk Ambulance Company,…
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