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HUNTLEY v. STATE OF NEW YORK

62 N.Y.2d 134 (1984)

Helen Huntley, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellant.

Richard K. Hughes and Frederick F. Shantz for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

Where a psychiatric hospital patient with a history of instability communicated her specific suicide plan involving an off-premises location to a hospital staff member, failure to transmit such information to the staff psychiatrist (who controlled the patient's privileges to leave hospital premises) constituted a breach of duty and rendered the hospital liable...

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