N.Y. Judiciary Law § 480: Entering hospital to negotiate settlement or obtain release or statement

§ 480. Entering hospital to negotiate settlement or obtain release or

statement. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter a hospital for

the purpose of negotiating a settlement or obtaining a general release

or statement, written or oral, from any person confined in said hospital

or sanitarium as a patient, with reference to any personal injuries for

which said person is confined in said hospital or sanitarium within

fifteen days after the injuries were sustained, unless at least five

days prior to the obtaining or procuring of such general release or

statement such injured party has signified in writing his willingness

that such general release or statement be given. This section shall not

apply to a person entering a hospital for the purpose of visiting a

person therein confined, as his attorney or on behalf of his attorney.