McPhillips v. State of New York

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (DeBow, J.), entered January 22, 2014, which, among other things, denied claimant’s motion to amend the claim.

In August 2009, claimant, a physician working for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, treated an inmate who, while under claimant’s care and in the Department’s custody, died of heatstroke in the course of a run required as a part of his participation in the shock incarceration program. An investigation into the cause of the inmate’s death was commenced by the Commission of Correction Medical Review Board. The reported…