New York Court of Appeals, 1976

Centeno v. City of New York

Centeno v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals · Decided November 16, 1976
40 N.Y.2d 932; 358 N.E.2d 520; 389 N.Y.S.2d 837; 1976 N.Y. LEXIS 3103

Centeno v. City of New York

Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, without costs, on the Per Curiam opinion at the Appellate Division (48 AD2d 812).

Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Cooke. Judge Fuchsberg dissents and votes to reverse in the following memorandum: I would re*933verse 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 nonpsychiatric 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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