Reiner v. Hamilton Avenue Hospital

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Williams, J.), entered June 22, 1984 in Sullivan County, which conditionally granted plaintiffs’ motion to strike the answer of defendant Carl Heins.

This action was commenced in June of 1982 alleging medical malpractice on the part of defendant Carl Heins for prescribing heavy sedation without giving defendant Hamilton Avenue Hospital appropriate instructions for plaintiff Edith Reiner’s care, and negligence on the part of defendant hospital in failing to provide adequate safeguards for her protection. Following a protracted history…