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Altmann v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 8, 2008
51 A.D.3d 482 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3624.

May 8, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Betty Owen Stinson J.), entered March 20, 2007, which granted the motion by defendants Stiller and Bronx Lebanon for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them and also granted summary judgment to nonmoving defendants Johnson and St. Barnabas, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Sanocki Newman Turret, LLP, New York (David B. Turret of counsel), for appellant.

Barry, McTiernan Moore, New York (Laurel A. Wedinger of counsel), for Bobby J. Johnson, M.D., respondent.

Bartlett, McDonough, Bastone Monaghan, LLP, White Plains (Edward J. Guardaro, Jr. of counsel), for Luis F. Stiller, M.D. and Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, respondents.

Garbarini Scher, P.C., New York (William D. Buckley of counsel), for St. Barnabas Hospital, respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Williams, Catterson and Acosta, JJ.


In response to the prima facie showing by Stiller and Bronx Lebanon, in this medical malpractice action, based on the hospital records, deposition testimony and the affirmation of an expert in emergency medicine, plaintiff failed to raise an issue of fact. The affirmation of plaintiffs expert was insufficient to contradict defendants' expert testimony that plaintiff was appropriately diagnosed with bronchitis given her symptoms. His claim that defendants should have detected plaintiffs endocarditis was conclusory and unsupported by the record ( see Wong v Goldbaum, 23 AD3d 277). Summary judgment was also properly granted to defendants Johnson and St. Barnabas upon a search of the record (CPLR 3212 [b]).


Summaries of

Altmann v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 8, 2008
51 A.D.3d 482 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Altmann v. Johnson

Case Details

Full title:CYNTHIA ALTMANN, Appellant, v. MICHAEL MOLEAD, M.D., et al., Defendants…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: May 8, 2008

Citations

51 A.D.3d 482 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 4284
857 N.Y.S.2d 142

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