Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
The instant action, commenced against the defendant County of Nassau, was based on the allegation that the county's medical examiner had wrongfully performed an autopsy on the decedent Karen Adkins. In granting the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint as time barred, the Supreme Court was of the view that a medical examiner and a coroner are "one and the same" and that the...
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