Legal Opinion
Aiello v. Burns International Security Services Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 3, 2013Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Renwick, J.
Plaintiff commenced this wrongful death action as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Jason Aiello. Plaintiff alleges that defendants were negligent in allowing her husband to escape from the emergency room of a psychiatric care unit. At the time, Aiello, a retired New York City Police Department (NYPD) Sergeant, had been admitted to the unit but was waiting for an inpatient bed to become available. After the hospital elopement, Aiello was shot and killed in front of his home during an armed confrontation with the police. Plaintiff sued, among…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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