DOE v. HARRISON

No. 01 Civ. 1274(SHS).

254 F.Supp.2d 338 (2003)

Jane DOE, Plaintiffs, v. Joan HARRISON, M.D., personally, Alexander Deutch, M.D., personally, Rose Yu-Chin, M.D., personally, Ellen B. Tabor, M.D., personally, Barara Lubrano, M.D., personally, Aaron Bogad, personally, Norberto Torres, personally, Cabrini Medical Center, and Arthur Weiss, M.D., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Brooks, Huntington, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Peter T. Shapiro, Jones, Hirsch, Connors & Bull, P.C., Bruce M. Brady, Callan, Koster, Brady & Brennan, L.L.P., Michael J. Laub, Gordon & Silber, P.C., Bhalinder Lal Rikhye, Peltz & Walker, New York City, for Defendants.


OPINION

STEIN, District Judge.

The pseudonymous Jane Doe brings this action against a private hospital and medical personnel who hospitalized her against her will for 12 days. Plaintiff alleges this erroneous involuntary hospitalization violated her constitutional right to due process and brings claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff also brings state constitutional and common-law claims of false imprisonment, assault and battery and...

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