Willoughby v. Mount Sinai Hospital

Flaintiff Willoughby was a patient at defendant hospital from January 21 to February 3, 2003. She voluntarily presented there with her husband, at which time a physician concluded that plaintiff should be an emergency admission pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.39, which provides that a person may be held for involuntary care and treatment for up to 15 days of admis*488sion. Moreover, four days after her admission, she signed a “Seventy-Two Hour Retraction Letter” in which she stated her willingness to voluntarily remain at the hospital. In a prior appeal, we affirmed the denial of plaintiffs’…