A claimant, who was allegedly assaulted by a psychiatric patient under the care of the defendant, State of New York, seeks to discover and inspect the assailant's hospital record as well as any incident reports involving attacks by that individual.
All medical information contained in these documents is privileged. (See, Moore v St. John's Episcopal Hosp.,
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