Opinion
12792 12793 Index No. 805463/17 150789/18 805338/18 Case No. 2019-05002
01-05-2021
George MARKELSON, etc., Plaintiff–Respondent, v. David B. SAMADI, M.D., et al., Defendants–Appellants. Angelos Markatos, et al., Plaintiffs–Respondents, v. David B. Samadi, M.D., et al., Defendants–Appellants.
Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, LLP, Lake Success (Nicholas Tam of counsel), for appellants. The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm, LLP, New York (Joseph Lanni of counsel), for respondents.
Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, LLP, Lake Success (Nicholas Tam of counsel), for appellants.
The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm, LLP, New York (Joseph Lanni of counsel), for respondents.
Webber, J.P., Singh, Kennedy, Shulman, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jean A. Madden, J), entered September 30, 2019, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied the motions of the Samadi Defendants and defendants Lenox Hill Hospital and Northwell Health, Inc. to dismiss plaintiffs Angelos and Linda Markatos's request for punitive damages and General Business Law (GBL) § 349 claim, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant defendants' motions as to plaintiffs' GBL 349 claim, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
The facts in this case do not materially differ from the facts at issue in the recent related case of Nadler v. Samadi (188 A.D.3d 537, 132 N.Y.S.3d 606 [1st Dept. 2020] ). The requests for punitive damages were properly sustained, and the GBL 349 claims rejected, for the reasons stated therein.