Beano v. Post (Sup Ct, Queens County

In Beano v. Post (Sup Ct, Queens County, Mar. 12, 2004, Dollard, J., Index No. 5694/2001), Supreme Court required plaintiff patient to provide authorizations for the private conference. To alert the physician that there was no legal requirement to grant the interview, the authorization was to clearly state that it "was not at the request of the patient." (See, Keshecki v. St. Vincent's Med. Ctr., 5 Misc. 3d 539, 544 [Sup Ct, Richmond County 2004, Maltese, J.] [discussing unpublished Beano decision].) Beano also contemplated that defendants "would have an affirmative duty to create notes or memos of any statements made by the treating physician interviewed" and that "complete, unedited copies" of the materials would be exchanged. (Id.)