Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff, while in a schizophrenic frenzy as an emergency patient in the psychiatric ward of the defendant hospital, smashed his fist through the observation window of a seclusion room designed to house extremely violent patients. He then slit his wrist with a large piece of glass from the broken window, causing severe injuries.
The hospital records reveal that at about 5:00 A.M. on January 28, 1981, a doctor...
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