Legal Opinion

Greene v. Metropolitan Insurance

Buffalo City Court

Decided May 25, 1973Published

1Opinion of the CourtWilliam J. Ostrowski, J.

In separate actions heard "by me at the afternoon and evening sessions of Small Claims Court on the same day, the plaintiffs seek reimbursement from defendant for fees paid to psychologists.

A copy of a claim form signed by the plaintiff Greene and by her psychologist, and handed up to the court during trial, states that her “ diagnosis ” is “ neurosis, depressive type ” and under the heading ‘ ‘ date of treatment ’ ’ various dates are checked off. There was no evidence submitted that the services of the psychologist were under the supervision of a psychiatrist.

The plaintiff Haynie testified…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gladstone v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCivil Court of the City of New York · 1971
  2. Moore v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Western New York Medical Plan, Inc. v. WinklerNew York Supreme Court · 1958

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