SCHILLING v. ELLIS HOSP.

508984.

75 A.D.3d 1044 (2010)

906 N.Y.S.2d 187

MICHELL SCHILLING, Individually and as Parent and Guardian of JORDAN HOWARD, an Infant, Respondent, v. ELLIS HOSPITAL et al., Appellants.

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

Decided July 29, 2010.


CARDONA, P.J.

In March 2006, plaintiff's son, Jordan Howard (born 1991), was admitted to the psychiatric unit of defendant Ellis Hospital, located in the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, due to manic behavior associated with his bipolar mania. During his eight-day stay at Ellis, Howard was treated by defendant Pankaj J. Mehta, a psychiatrist, who, among other things, increased Howard's dosage of Risperdal, a psychotropic...

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