Rice v. Corasanti

Full title: RICHARD J. RICE AND TAMMY A. SCHUELER, AS ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Nov 21, 2014

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 8155 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

Opinion

1066 CA 14-00702

11-21-2014

RICHARD J. RICE AND TAMMY A. SCHUELER, AS ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF ALEXANDRIA M. RICE, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JAMES G. CORASANTI, M.D., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

CONNORS & VILARDO, LLP, BUFFALO (TERRENCE M. CONNORS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS. LAW OFFICES OF EPSTEIN, GIALLEONARDO & HARTFORD, GETZVILLE (ROBERT L. HARTFORD OF COUNSEL), AND HARRIS BEACH PLLC, BUFFALO, FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

SCUDDER, P.J.

PRESENT: , CENTRA, LINDLEY, SCONIERS, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John L. Michalski, A.J.), entered October 11, 2013. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied in part the motion of plaintiffs for a protective order to prevent the disclosure of the mental health records of plaintiffs' decedent.

CONNORS & VILARDO, LLP, BUFFALO (TERRENCE M. CONNORS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS.

LAW OFFICES OF EPSTEIN, GIALLEONARDO & HARTFORD, GETZVILLE (ROBERT L. HARTFORD OF COUNSEL), AND HARRIS BEACH PLLC, BUFFALO, FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order insofar as appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and the motion is granted in its entirety.

Same Memorandum as in Rice v Corasanti ([appeal No. 1] ___ AD3d ___ [Nov. 21, 2014]).

Entered: November 21, 2014

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court