KNIER v. ALBANY MED. CTR.


131 Misc.2d 414 (1986)

William Knier, Individually and as Parent of Edward Knier and Another, Plaintiffs, v. Albany Medical Center Hospital, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Albany County.

March 13, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynard, O'Connor & Smith (Mae A. D'Agostino of counsel), for defendant. Solomon & Solomon, P. C. (Cathy J. Okrent of counsel), for plaintiffs.


HAROLD J. HUGHES, J.

The issue presented by the defendant's motion for summary judgment is whether a hospital has a duty to warn the general public that one of its employees has come in contact with a patient with a communicable disease.

The complaint alleges that Mary Ann Warner is a licensed practical nurse employed at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. It is alleged that on November 3, 1983 the hospital admitted an elderly female patient infected...

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