WEBDALE v. N. GEN. HOSP.


7 Misc.3d 947 (2005)

796 N.Y.S.2d 861

PATRICA WEBDALE, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of KENDRA WEBDALE, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. NORTH GENERAL HOSPITAL et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

March 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dankner & Milstein, P.C., New York City (Jay W. Dankner of counsel), for plaintiff.

Belair & Evans, LLP, New York City (James B. Reich of counsel), for Bleuler Psychotherapy Center, defendant.

Martin Clearwater & Bell, LLP, New York City (Claudia J. Charles of counsel), for Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, defendant.

Kanterman & Taub, P.C., New York City (Louis J. Manger of counsel), for North General Hospital, defendant.

Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, LLP, Lake Success (Christina Papadopoulos of counsel), for Long Island Jewish Hillside Hospital, defendant.

Garson Gerspach DeCorato & Cohen LLP, New York City (Robert Applebaum of counsel), for Jamaica Hospital and Medical Center, defendant.

McAloon & Friedman, P.C., New York City (Cory Wishner of counsel), for New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, defendant.

Kaufman, Borgeest & Ryan, LLP, Valhalla (Jacqueline B. Tomasso of counsel), for New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center, defendant.

Legal Aid Society, New York City (Natalie Rea of counsel), for Andrew Goldstein.


OPINION OF THE COURT

STANLEY L. SKLAR, J.

On January 3, 1999, decedent Kendra Webdale met her death when she was pushed in front of an oncoming subway train by Andrew Goldstein, a person with a lengthy history as a paranoid schizophrenic. Goldstein is presently serving 25 years to life for his act. Plaintiff, Kendra's mother and the administratrix of her estate, brings this action against the numerous institutions which treated Goldstein over the years for...

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