Hairston v. Liberty Behavioral Management Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend the complaint to include a demand for punitive damages, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the motion granted.

Plaintiff’s decedent voluntarily committed himself to defend ant Arms Acres, an alcohol rehabilitation facility. While under defendant’s care, the decedent, who, in addition to being an alcoholic, suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, became extremely disoriented, began having hallucinations, and…