Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1969

Walsh v. Parkchester General Hospital

Walsh v. Parkchester General Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 14, 1969
33 A.D.2d 540; 304 N.Y.S.2d 270; 1969 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3164
Walsh v. Parkchester General Hospital

Opinion of the Court

Order entered April 30, 1969, directing appellant to comply with plaintiff’s notice and for other relief, unanimously 'affirmed, with $30 costs and disbursements to respondent, on the following grounds: Defendant, having asserted the privilege of immunity, has the burden of sustaining the claim. The burden of proof is on the one who asserts the privilege. (Koump v. Smith, 25 N Y 2d 287.) Bare eonelusory statements factually unsupported cannot be relied on. Concur — ■ Stevens, P. J., Tilzer, McGivern, McNally and Macken, JJ.

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