TEWKSBURY v. DOWLING

No. 97 CV 5130(JM).

169 F.Supp.2d 103 (2001)

Lynn TEWKSBURY, Plaintiff, v. Frank DOWLING, M.D., and Thomas Aronson, M.D., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

September 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Mental Disability Law Clinic, Touro College, Huntington, By William M. Brooks, for Plaintiff.

Ivone, Devine & Jensen, Lake Success, By Brian E. Lee, for Defendant Dowling.

Callan, Koster, Brady & Brennan, New York, By Vincent Nagler, for Defendant Aronson.


Memorandum of Decision and Order

MISHLER, District Judge.

Lynn Tewksbury has sued Frank Dowling, M.D. and Thomas Aronson, M .D. alleging that her involuntary confinement at St. John's Episcopal Hospital ("St. John's") violated her right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. Tewksbury also contends that Defendants' conduct during her confinement constituted medical malpractice, false imprisonment, and assault and battery. Defendants have moved...

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