Centeno v. City of New York
| Decision Date | 16 November 1976 |
| Citation | 40 N.Y.2d 932,389 N.Y.S.2d 837 |
| Parties | , 358 N.E.2d 520 Sixta CENTENO, as Administratrix of the Estate of Abraham Centeno, Deceased, Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
Order affirmed, without costs, on the Per Curiam opinion at the Appellate Division (48 A.D.2d 812, 369 N.Y.S.2d 710).
All concur except FUCHSBERG, J., who dissents and votes to reverse in the following memorandum:
I would rever on the well-written dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice Emilio Nunez at the Appellate Division, emphasizing that the fact that a departure from accepted medical practice occurs in a psychiatric rather than in a non-psychiatric setting is only an element to be weighed along with all the other circumstances in a particular case and is not the premise for an application of different legal principles.
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