Legal Opinion

Diaz v. Lukash

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

Decided June 21, 1993Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In a special proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 4 to compel Leslie Lukash, the Chief Medical Examiner of Nassau County, to make available certain au*724topsy reports pursuant to County Law § 677 (3) (b), the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Burke, J.), dated October 23, 1992, which denied the application.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The petitioner, a nurse, was convicted in California and sentenced to death for the murders of 12 hospital patients who died of overdoses of lidocaine. The petitioner made an application for the records of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Widziewicz v. Golding, New York County Courts1966
  2. Herald Co. v. MurrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. Central General Hospital, Inc. v. LukashAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. Central General Hospital, Inc. v. LukashNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. People v. CaseyNew York Supreme Court · 1982

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