Moskowitz v. McQueen

Motion for an order ‘ ‘ pursuant to Section 20 of the Mental Hygiene Law of the State of New York permitting the defendant to inspect and examine alt hospital and medical records and memoranda pertaining to the plaintiff Jeanne Moskowitz ”.

The basic question presented herein is whether the defendant may obtain a copy of a mental hospital record of said plaintiff, a record whiph she has specifically, in writing, authorized the defendant to obtain. This is a negligence action in which said plaintiff claims aggravation of a pre-existing psychosis. The *1054disclosure is resisted by the hospital which…