Remaining claims dismissed against both owner and administrator of mental health facility, where patient left facility and decapitated and dismembered his neighbor

In Fox v. SLS Residential, Inc. (Sup. Ct. Nassau County), the firm obtained summary judgment for an owner and administrator of a psychiatric facility sued by the family of a woman who had been decapitated and dismembered by an out-patient. Previously, the Appellate Division, Second Department, dismissed the malpractice claims, 88 A.D.3d 131, but allowed the case to proceed on the negligence claims. After conducting discovery, the firm successfully moved for summary judgment. Ron Joseph headed the LCBF team.