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HIRSCH v. FRIEDEN

195 Misc.2d 235 (2003)

758 N.Y.S.2d 787

CHARLES S. HIRSCH, M.D., as Chief Medical Examiner of City of New York, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS R. FRIEDEN, M.D., M.P.H., as Commissioner of New York City Department of Health, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

March 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Florence A. Hutner of counsel), for plaintiff.

Wilfredo Lopez, New York City, for defendant.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENEE R. ROTH, J.

Two applications test the limits of an unprecedented summary procedure designed to expedite the issuance of death certificates for the thousands who disappeared without a trace as a result of the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center (WTC). The genesis of this novel procedure follows.

It is observed that, from the outset, the massive loss...

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