A judge in Manhattan has rejected the city’s attempt to obtain mental health records from a man who fell down an elevator shaft in a Housing Authority building but dropped his post-traumatic stress claim after the city sought records of his psychiatric and substance abuse treatment.
Supreme Court Justice Joan Madden (See Profile) not only shielded Herbert Alford’s records but barred the city from using documents it has already obtained related to the plaintiff’s prior mental health treatment as it defends what is now an action seeking damages for physical injuries.
