Ford v. Civil Service Employees Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carro, J.
The issue here is a very narrow one but its implications reflect glaringly on the spectrum of situations in which the State of New York takes on responsibility to protect and *263care for individuals, particularly those who lack capacity. In this light, we find the fiduciary nature of the State’s role as guardian to be inviolate as a matter of public policy, such that neither the State itself nor any individual agency of the State may bargain away or otherwise abrogate this continuing duty.
The individual respondent, Eric Braithwaite, worked as a mental hygiene therapy…
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