In September 1987, Dr. Hindi T. Mermelstein (plaintiff) commenced a personal injury action against the City of New York (City) and the Health and Hospitals Corporation to recover damages. The complaint alleges, in substance, that on January 4, 1987, due to defendants' negligence in not properly safeguarding the psychiatric admitting office, located in Bellevue Hospital, New York County, where she was working as a physician, a patient assaulted and severely beat her.
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