Baker v. Inamdar

*743The plaintiff employed the defendant psychiatrist to treat his child pursuant to a directive of the court in a matrimonial action in which the plaintiffs application for custody of the child was then pending. The defendant prepared a report and submitted it to the court in that action, and the plaintiff stipulated to its admission into evidence. Subsequently, the court denied the plaintiffs application for custody (see Baker v Baker, 66 AD3d 722 [2009]).

The plaintiff then commenced this action to recover damages for medical malpractice, negligence, and defamation based upon certain statements…