Opinion
September 25, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Kohn, J.).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
Under the circumstances of this case, the medical examiner was authorized, as a matter of law, to perform an autopsy on the plaintiff's husband (see, County Law §§ 673, 674; Nassau County Charter § 906 [2]; Public Health Law §§ 4210, 4210-c). Accordingly, the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted. Sullivan, J.P., Miller, Copertino, Joy and Friedmann, JJ., concur.