State v. Reiss

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of defendant Andre Reiss, entered October 25, 1985 in Albany County, upon a decision of the court at Trial Term (Prior, Jr., J.), without a jury.

In April 1978, defendant Ellen Reiss was hospitalized as a result of being accidentally shot in the head. She remained hospitalized for several months and, in July 1978, was transferred to Helen Hayes Hospital (hereinafter the hospital) for rehabilitation treatment. She was discharged in September 1978. The bill for services rendered at the hospital was $16,685.

Shortly after the accident, Ellen…