Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 2012PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, the judgment of the Court of Claims reinstated and the certified question answered in the negative.
On July 25, 1993, while escorted by a mental health therapy aide to one of the chapels on the grounds of the Manhattan Psychiatric Center (MPC), Tony Joseph (Joseph), a voluntary patient, stole away when the aide permitted him to use a bathroom out of her sight. MPC, which is operated by the State of New York’s Office of Mental Health (OMH), is a nonsecure civil facility located on Ward’s Island in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pagan v. GoldbergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Bonomonte v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
3Cited by5 opinions
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