Serota v. Kaplan

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrong*649ful death, the defendant Central General Hospital appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Miller, J.), dated June 24, 1985, which is in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the amount of $540,000.75, upon a jury verdict.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and a new trial is granted.

The deceased, Selma Serota, a 59-year-old woman, was voluntarily admitted to the psychiatric ward of the defendant Central General Hospital in December of 1977 for the treatment of a…