KATECHIS v. OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER


36 A.D.3d 514 (2007)

828 N.Y.S.2d 58

MARIA KATECHIS, as Administratrix of the Estate of NIKOLAOS KATECHIS, Deceased, Respondent, v. OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant, and PAVLOS KYMISSIS, M.D., Appellant.

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

Decided January 23, 2007.


Plaintiff's decedent was treated for bipolar disorder from December 1986 until his death on February 27, 2001. His treatment consisted of visits with psychiatrists and consumption of various oral medications, including Lithium, Haldol and Ativan.

Decedent's treatment by defendant Kymissis began on or about March 16, 2000 and was occasioned by the death of his prior psychiatrist. Upon commencing treatment, Dr. Kymissis changed decedent's medication regimen. He substituted...

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