Legal Opinion

Henderson v. Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 17, 2012PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiffs are the children of Leroy Henderson (hereinafter the decedent), who died at the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center (hereinafter the defendant), on March 6, 2010. The complaint alleges, inter alia, that the defendant failed to release the decedent’s body to the funeral home the plaintiffs chose until March 9, 2010, despite their inquiries and efforts to obtain an earlier release. The defendant moved, among other things, to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action (see CPLR 3211 [a] [7]). The Supreme Court granted the motion without explanation. The plaintiffs…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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