Case Name: Eva Allen et al., Respondents, v. Lenox Hill Hospital et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-03-12
Citations: 225 A.D.2d 358
Docket Number: 
Parties: Eva Allen et al., Respondents, v Lenox Hill Hospital et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 358–359

Head Matter:
Eva Allen et al., Respondents, v Lenox Hill Hospital et al., Appellants.
[639 NYS2d 21]

Opinion:
On this record, we cannot conclude, as a matter of law, that defendant Bahr did not deviate from accepted medical practice, or that such alleged deviation did not contribute to plaintiff patient's injuring accident "in any way" (Joseph v New York City Tr. Auth., 149 AD2d 669). There are triable issues of fact including that of defendant-appellant's asserted negligent failure to take steps to restrain plaintiff or to alert his co-defendant "covering" physician of aspects of plaintiff patient's condition and recent behavior that might have prompted co-defendant to use restraints on the patient or take other, more stringent, precautions. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Rubin, Kupferman and Tom, JJ.