89 A.D.2d 618 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1982
Appeal by defendants from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaccaro, J.), dated January 5, 1982, as granted the branch of plaintiff’s motion which sought to compel them to produce for discovery and inspection the records of one Reginald Delain, a nonparty patient who allegedly assaulted plaintiff’s decedent in defendants’ hospital. Order modified by adding thereto, after the provision granting the aforesaid branch of the motion, the following: “only as to those portions of the records whi<;h contain no medical information and is denied as to those portions of the records which contain medical information.” As so modified, order affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements. Defendants’ time to furnish the nonmedical portions of Delain’s records is extended until 20 days after service upon them of a copy of the order to be made hereon, with notice of entry. Plaintiff’s decedent was allegedly assaulted by a fellow patient, Reginald Delain, while decedent was a patient at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital. Plaintiff seeks permission to inspect the hospital records of Delain for the purpose of placing liability on defendants for their failure to assure the safety of their
