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VERA v. BETH ISRAEL MED. HOSP.

214 A.D.2d 384 (1995)

625 N.Y.S.2d 499

Josephine Vera et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Beth Israel Medical Hospital et al., Appellants-Respondents

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

April 13, 1995

Plaintiff Josephine Vera, a chronic schizophrenic was admitted to the Beth Israel Medical Hospital (Beth Israel) on June 27, 1984 suffering from an acute exacerbation of her schizophrenia, which included command auditory hallucinations telling her to jump out of a window. The uncontradicted determination by the defendant doctor was that the exacerbation was due, in part, to her failure to take her medication. Plaintiff's hospital record reflects that appropriate psychotropic...

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