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HIRSCHBERG v. CMTY. GEN. HOSP. OF SULLIVAN COUNTY

80 A.D.2d 945 (1981)

Theodore Hirschberg, Individually and as Administrator of The Estate of Harry Hirschberg, Deceased, Respondent, v. Community General Hospital of Sullivan County, Defendant, and Adeline Martin, as Administratrix of The Estate of J. Robert Martin, Deceased, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

March 12, 1981

Plaintiff recovered damages from the State of New York for the wrongful death of Harry Hirschberg based on gross negligence exhibited by State employees following his admission to the Middletown State Hospital. The cause of death was salicylate poisoning from the earlier ingestion of approximately 100 aspirin pills.* Defendant's decedent, Dr. J. Robert Martin, was a State psychiatrist at the time, but...

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