The Court of Claims properly denied a motion filed by a prison doctor alleging that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Office committed libel by disclosing a memo to opposing counsel in a malpractice case containing critical statements about the doctor, an appellate court ruled.
In August 2009, John McPhillips, a physician for the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, treated Brandon Jackson, an inmate at Summit Shock Correctional Facility who died of heatstroke while on a run that was required as part of his incarceration, according to court papers.
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