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The Manhattan court on Tuesday said ABC's conduct in filming
the 2012 episode of "NY Med" was not extreme or outrageous
enough to allow Anita Chanko's $5 million suit to proceed.
Chanko's husband, Mark Chanko, was hit by a truck in 2012 and
died shortly after arriving at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
ABC aired his last words - "Does my family know?" - and showed
doctors pronouncing him dead, according to the suit.
Chanko said ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co, had robbed her
husband of a dignified death and the hospital had violated
patient privacy rights. A state judge in January rejected a bid
by ABC and the hospital to dismiss the suit.
In refusing the case on Tuesday, the appeals court said Mark
Chanko was not identified by name and his face was blurred out.
The hospital did no wrong because it did not release any
confidential medical information, the court said.
A lawyer and a spokesman for ABC did not return requests for
comment. Nor did Chanko's attorney.
"NY Med" debuted in 2012 and has featured staff and patients at
five hospitals in New York City and New Jersey. ABC has aired
similar shows about Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and
three hospitals in Boston.
The case is Anita Chanko v. American Broadcasting Companies Inc,
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First
Department, No. 13522.
(Reporting by Daniel Wiessner; Editing by Ted Botha and Steve
Orlofsky)
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