Weinreb v. Rice
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Driscoll, J.), entered August 24, 1998, which, upon an order of the same court dated June 24, 1998, granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, dismissed the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The decedent, Joel Weinreb, was under the psychiatric care of the defendant, Dr. Julius Rice, for depression and agitation. *455While hospitalized for injuries received in a fall, the decedent stated that he wanted to die. The defendant…
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