WILLOUGHBY v. THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

1704, 121922/03

68 A.D.3d 487 (2009)

2009 NY Slip Op 9086

891 N.Y.S.2d 36

TANYAYETTE WILLOUGHBY et al., Respondents, v. THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, Appellant.

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

Decided December 8, 2009.


Plaintiff Willoughby was a patient at defendant hospital from January 21 to February 3, 2003. She voluntarily presented there with her husband, at which time a physician concluded that plaintiff should be an emergency admission pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.39, which provides that a person may be held for involuntary care and treatment for up to 15 days of admission. Moreover, four days after her admission, she signed...

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