CHRISTOPHEL v. NEW YORK-PRESBYT./WEIL MED. COLL. OF CORNELL UNIV. ANESTHESIOLOGY RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM

9079, 154413/13, 595632/14.

171 A.D.3d 611 (2019)

97 N.Y.S.3d 462

2019 NY Slip Op 03011

Thomas H. Christophel, Appellant, v. New York-Presbyterian/Weill Medical College of Cornell University Anesthesiology Residency Training Program et al., Defendants, and Bridge Back to Life Center, Inc., Respondent/Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. The New York Presbyterian Hospital, Third-Party Defendant.

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

Decided April 23, 2019.


The record amply demonstrates that decedent repeatedly denied suicidal ideation, and none of her treating doctors, family, friends, or colleagues had any suspicion that she was at risk of suicide. Since there was no indication that decedent was suicidal, and both parties' experts agreed that decedent's decision to commit suicide was an "impulsive" act, Bridge Back to Life Center cannot be held liable for decedent's death as a foreseeable injury of the alleged negligence ...

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