Centeno v. City of New York

The unfortunate suicide, for whose alleged wrongful death this action was brought by his administratrix, was permitted to leave the hospital wherein confined on the basis of the considered professional judgment of the attending psychiatrist that he would do better at home, in the bosom of his family, with necessary medication administered on an outpatient basis. There is not an iota of evidence to indicate that his opinion was other than honest. It is therefore completely irrelevant that plaintiff-appellant’s expert testified as is set forth in the dissent. Disagreement between professional…