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BANKS v. UNITED HOSPITAL

275 A.D.2d 623 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 53

ROBERT BANKS, Appellant, v. UNITED HOSPITAL et al., Respondents.

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

Decided September 14, 2000.

Given the emergency room doctor's good faith belief that his patient, who collapsed at work, died under "sudden and unexplained circumstances", he had a duty to call the Medical Examiner's office to inquire if the death would fall under that office's jurisdiction (see, Westchester County Administrative Law §§ 273.151, 273.141). This was especially true since the emergency room doctor had been informed by the decedent...

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