Legal Opinion

Nieves v. City of New York

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

Decided January 20, 1983PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stolarik, J.), entered January 23, 1981 on a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $194,000 unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the complaint dismissed. Plaintiff has recovered a $194,000 verdict for wrongful death against the City of New *939York and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, in an action based on psychiatric malpractice. The decedent committed suicide on April 6, 1966, one month after his discharge from Lincoln Hospital, where he had been treated for a self-inflicted stab wound. During the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Claim of Miller v. National Cabinet Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1960
  2. Claim of Zaepfel v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
  3. Claim of Zaepfel v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
  4. Paradies v. Benedictine HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  5. Lichtenstein v. Montefiore Hospital & Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wilkins v. Lamoille County Mental Health Services Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2005
  2. Gomez v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. Lawlor v. Lenox Hill HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Mucciola v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. Beadell v. Eros Mgt. Reality, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2024

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