Legal Opinion
Dumas v. Adirondack Medical Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 3, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKavanagh, J.
On February 4, 2005, decedent was admitted to defendant Adirondack Medical Center after she had attempted to commit suicide. While at the hospital, decedent made two further attempts to take her life and defendant Edward Frost, her attending physician at the hospital, determined that her condition required that she be immediately transferred to the mental health unit of Glens Falls Hospital. Frost signed orders authorizing the transfer, but did not direct in those orders that decedent be placed in restraints while being transported. A nurse at the hospital, defendant Richard Land, met the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Nestorowich v. RicottaNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Topel v. Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Centeno v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Centeno v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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