Rodgers v. Lenox Hill Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenberger, J.
On the afternoon of February 4, 1992, 79-year-old Joan Reckleff was discovered lying unconscious on the floor of her apartment at 200 East 66th Street. The New York City Police Department requested Emergency Medical Service (EMS) assistance for her. A unit from Lenox Hill Hospital, consisting of paramedics Manfred Fuchs and Peter Halleck, arrived shortly thereafter, and pronounced Reckleff dead, apparently without having ever examined her body. Halleck allegedly watched from the doorway, not entering the room in which the patient was. The paramedics left the…
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