Peters v. State

This is a motion for an order, pursuant to section 20 and subdivision 9 of section 34 of the Mental Hygiene Law, permitting claimant to inspect all records of Utica State Hospital pertaining to one Charles Hatz, who was an inmate and patient therein during the year 1959 and at other times."

The claim, is to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the State of New York in discharging the said Hatz, a mental patient, who on August 27, 1959 assaulted and shot claimant *408Theresa Peters. As a result she was crippled permanently. The former patient Hatz subsequently committed suicide.

Upon the…