June 28, 2013

In Kowalski v. St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers et al., 2013 NY Slip Op 04756, 21 NY3d 480 (N.Y. Ct. App. June 26, 2013), the Court of Appeals considered what, if any, duty a hospital owes to a drunk patient who decides, on his own, to leave.  While the health benefits of being drunk…