Legal Opinion
In re Weiss
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1955PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMatthew M. Levy, J.
The petitioner was a patient in the respondent hospital. He was there operated upon. Asserting that the physicians who treated him at the hospital were negligent and caused him injury, he is desirous of instituting an action for malpractice against them. But it appears that he does not know the names of the doctors, and that the hospital has refused — absent the personal consents of the doctors themselves — to inform the patient as to who the doctors were or to let him inspect the hospital records with reference to his treatment, so that he might ascertain the identity of the one or more…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lauffer v. Easter Star TempleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Peterman v. SchpelmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- In re WeilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- In re of HufstutlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
- Parker v. BurgoyneCity of New York Municipal Court · 1938
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cynthia B. v. New Rochelle Hospital Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Gotkin v. MillerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1974
- Gotkin v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Baron v. Kings-Suffolk Realty Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1957
- In re RolandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
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