Legal Opinion

Garcia v. Montefiore Medical Center

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 4, 2002PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Stanley Green, J.), entered September 6, 2000, which granted the motions of defendants Montefiore Medical Center, City of New York and New York City Department of Correction for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The record discloses no triable issue as to whether defendants-respondents’ failure to discharge plaintiffs decedent from prison, where she had received psychiatric treatment, pursuant to a written discharge plan (see, Mental Hygiene Law § 29.15 [h]), proximately caused her the harm…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Judith M. v. Sisters of Charity HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Diaz v. New York Downtown HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Doe v. Westfall Health Care Center, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  2. Padilla v. Verczky-PorterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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