New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. v. Logvinsky

OPINION OF THE COURT

Emily Jane Goodman, J.

In this lawsuit, plaintiff hospital (H&H) seeks fees from the defendant (Ms. Logvinsky) a woman who gave birth at the hospital. The defendant, represented by pro bono counsel, has impleaded the Commissioner of the Human Resources Administration of the City of New York (HRA), on the theory that because Ms. Logvinsky is eligible for Medicaid, any liability of hers to the hospital is the third-party defendant’s liability.

Before this court is the third-party defendant’s (HRA) motion to dismiss the third-party complaint on several grounds. First, the HRA…