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SMITH v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP., INC.

210 A.D.2d 36 (1994)

619 N.Y.S.2d 709

Inge L. Smith, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of John Smith, Deceased, Respondent-Appellant, v. St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc., Also Known as and Doing Business as St. Joseph's Medical Center, et al., Appellants-Respondents, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 6, 1994

In light of the fact that it is conceded that the hospital, via a computer search, failed to properly identify the decedent as the correct "John Smith" and instead, due to the misidentification, pursued a course of action based on the hospital and psychiatric history of another patient with the same name who had previously been a patient at the hospital, and thereby involuntarily committed decedent to the psychiatric ward, prescribed medications to the decedent based on the...

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