MATTER OF DOXEN v. WACK


175 Misc.2d 326 (1997)

669 N.Y.S.2d 464

In the Matter of Dwayne Doxen, Petitioner, v. Renate Wack, as Director of Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court, New York County.

December 15, 1997


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Services (Marvin Bernstein and Julie M. Stoil of counsel), for petitioner. Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General (Sall J. Sidoti of counsel), for respondent. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County (Nina Keller and Allison Turkel of counsel), for People of the State of New York.


EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

This motion, seeking to bar a psychiatrist formerly employed by the State of New York from giving testimony about the mental status of a patient she had dealt with while in State service on the claim that such testimony is precluded by section 73 of the Public Officers Law (the Ethics in Government Act [L 1987, ch 813]), raises an issue not previously dealt with by any court as to the...

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