LaMARQUE v. NORTH SHORE UNIV. HOSP.


202 A.D.2d 300 (1994)

610 N.Y.S.2d 769

Henri Lamarque et al., Appellants, v. North Shore University Hospital et al., Respondents. (Action No. 1.) Henri Lamarque, Appellant, v. North Shore University Hospital et al., Respondents. (Action No. 2.)

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

March 17, 1994


The complaint was properly dismissed, there being no triable issue of fact with respect to either cause of action. Concerning the cause of action for false imprisonment, defendants established that plaintiff's involuntary confinement at North Shore University Hospital was in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Mental Hygiene Law, and thus privileged. Concerning the cause of action for defamation, defendants established that the offending statements were made in...

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