In re the Estate of Millard

Boylan, S.

This is an application by the executor pursuant to section 205 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, to examine the hospital records of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Staten Island.

The decedent was admitted to the hospital on March 7, 1955, and died at the same place three days later. The petition sets forth that while decedent was in the hospital various tests were performed on him and that an autopsy was performed after his death. The petitioner desires the examination of the hospital records to determine if the estate has any claim for personal injuries and suffering, wrongful death or any…