Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 6, 1982 (Bell v. New York City Health & Hospital Corp.)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Titone, J.

The primary issue presented on appeal is whether the decision to release a psychiatric patient from a hospital without a proper medical examination may provide a basis *271for the imposition of liability for injuries suffered as a result of the patient’s attempted suicide shortly after his discharge. We hold that it does.