Opinion
05-16-2017
Norman D. BLOOM, M.D., Plaintiff–Appellant, v. NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Nathan L. Dembin & Associates, P.C., New York (Nathan L. Dembin of counsel), for appellant. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York (Ricki E. Roer of counsel), for respondents.
Nathan L. Dembin & Associates, P.C., New York (Nathan L. Dembin of counsel), for appellant.Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York (Ricki E. Roer of counsel), for respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Manuel J. Mendez, J.), entered March 9, 2016, which granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, who had no express contract, cannot avoid the grievance process set forth in Public Health Law § 2801–b by casting his claims arising from the non-renewal of his admitting privileges at defendant hospitals as contract or tort claims or claims for damages only (Lobel v. Maimonides Med. Ctr., 39 A.D.3d 275, 277, 835 N.Y.S.2d 28 [1st Dept.2007] ).
SWEENY, J.P., RENWICK, ANDRIAS, FEINMAN, GESMER, JJ., concur.