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RUFFLER v. PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 77 Civ. 402.

453 F.Supp. 1062 (1978)

John M. RUFFLER, Plaintiff, v. PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, the County of Westchester, the Westchester County Medical Center, Grasslands Hospital, New York Hospital, Dr. (first name unknown) DiCastro, Dr. (first name unknown) Di Carlo, Dr. "Astro" (phonetic spelling), Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Timm, White Plains, N. Y., for plaintiff.

Semel, McLaughlin & Boeckmann, New York City, for defendants County of Westchester, Westchester County Medical Center, Grasslands Hospital & Dr. DiCastro; John M. Dellicarpini, New York City, of counsel.

Kelley, Drye & Warren, New York City, for defendant New York Hospital; Richard J. Concannon, Thomas J. Martin, Gregory S. Meredith, New York City, of counsel.

D'Amato, Costello & Shea, New York City, for defendants Phelps, Jewett & Nitzberg.

OPINION

GAGLIARDI, District Judge.

Plaintiff John M. Ruffler commenced this civil rights action to recover damages for his allegedly involuntary and unlawful hospitalization by defendants Phelps Memorial Hospital (Phelps), Grasslands Hospital (Grasslands) and New York Hospital. Plaintiff claims that all of the defendants, while acting under color of state law, subjected him to physical mistreatment and deprived him of his liberty without due process, thus...

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