38 Misc. 2d 1039 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1963
Petitioner, in this article 78 proceeding, seeks to amend a death certificate so as to recite the cause of death as ‘1 accidental ’ ’ rather than occasioned by 1 ‘ myocardial infarction ”.
The respondents, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health and the Coroner of Rockland County, cross-move before answering (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1293) for the dismissal of the petition on the ground that the proceeding had not been commenced within the four-month period of limitation (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1286), and on the further ground of legal insufficiency.
The deceased died on July 6, 1962 in Rockland County. The Coroner of that county, after an investigation, determined that the deceased met his death as a result of a myocardial infarction. The certificate of death was signed on July 6,1962 and filed with the local Registrar on July 9,1962. The petitioner, a son of the deceased, instituted this proceeding by order to show cause on November 27, 1962.
Apart from the fact that petitioner does not demonstrate that he is aggrieved by the Coroner’s finding as to the cause of death
Moreover a proceeding under article 78 to review a determination must be commenced within four months after the determination. The death certificate was filed on July 9, 1962. The proceeding was not commenced until November 27, 1962. Petitioner is, therefore, precluded from maintaining the proceeding.
The cross motion is granted and the petition dismissed.