http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/101305nyPartner.htmA gay man whose partner died as the result of alleged medical malpractice cannot sue the hospital because the couple was not married a New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The court overturned a 2003 lower court decision that John Langan could sue St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan for alleged malfeasance in the death of Neil Conrad Spicehandler.
In a 3 - 2 ruling the court said that even though the couple had a civil union in Vermont if it allowed the suit to proceed it would be taken as judicial imprimatur of same-sex marriages and would constitute a usurpation of powers expressly reserved by our Constitution to the Legislature."
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