Opinion
05-10-2024
Echo FORD, Also Known as Hong Ju Wang and J. Mark Ford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fayez CHAHFE, M.D., Chahfe Medical Professional Recruitment, LLC, Tanya Perkins-Mwantuali, M.D., East Utica Medical Group, Defendants-Respondents, et al., Defendants.
PORTER LAW GROUP, SYRACUSE (MICHAEL S. PORTER OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS. MARTIN, GANOTIS, BROWN, MOULD & CURRIE, P.C., DEWITT (CHARLES E. PATTON OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS FAYEZ CHAHFE, M.D. AND CHAHFE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT, LLC. GALE GALE & HUNT, LLC, FAYETTEVILLE (ANDREW R. BORELLI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS TANYA PERKINS-MWANTUALI, M.D. AND EAST UTICA MEDICAL GROUP.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Gregory R. Gilbert, J.), entered November 22, 2022. The order denied the motion of plaintiffs to set aside the jury verdict. PORTER LAW GROUP, SYRACUSE (MICHAEL S. PORTER OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS.
MARTIN, GANOTIS, BROWN, MOULD & CURRIE, P.C., DEWITT (CHARLES E. PATTON OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS FAYEZ CHAHFE, M.D. AND CHAHFE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT, LLC.
GALE GALE & HUNT, LLC, FAYETTEVILLE (ANDREW R. BORELLI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS TANYA PERKINS-MWANTUALI, M.D. AND EAST UTICA MEDICAL GROUP.
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CURRAN, MONTOUR, AND KEANE, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.
Memorandum: Plaintiffs appeal from an order denying their motion to set aside the jury verdict. "The right to appeal from an intermediate order terminates with the entry of a final judgment" (Deuser v. Precision Constr. & Dev., Inc., 149 A.D.3d 1540, 1540, 51 N.Y.S.3d 449 [4th Dept. 2017] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248, 383 N.Y.S.2d 285, 347 N.E.2d 647 [1976]; see generally CPLR 5501 [a] [1]). Here, because a final judgment in this action was entered on December 27, 2022, plaintiffs’ appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed (see McCann v. Gordon, 204 A.D.3d 1449, 1449, 165 N.Y.S.3d 414 [4th Dept. 2022], appeal dismissed 38 N.Y.3d 1158, 174 N.Y.S.3d 348, 195 N.E.3d 55 [2022]; Deuser, 149 A.D.3d at 1540, 51 N.Y.S.3d 449). Plaintiffs may raise their contentions in an appeal from the final judgment (see McDonough v. Transit Rd. Apts., LLC, 164 A.D.3d 1603, 1603, 82 N.Y.S.3d 760 [4th Dept. 2018]; see generally Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v. Roberts & Roberts, 63 A.D.2d 566, 567, 404 N.Y.S.2d 608 [1st Dept. 1978]).