Leib v. Paparo

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to review respondent’s determination that petitioner’s son committed suicide, petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Gurahian, J.), entered March 27, 1981, which dismissed the petition. Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements. A medical examiner’s determination that a decedent committed suicide is a quasi-judicial determination (see Gould v State of New York, 181 Misc 884; cf. County Law, § 674, subd 4) and, hence, is reviewable in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. In this case,…