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Roque v. Metropolitan Hospital

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 5, 2002
292 A.D.2d 175 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

410

March 5, 2002.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Lobis, J.), entered December 18, 2000, which, in an action for wrongful death arising out of defendant New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation's alleged medical malpractice, granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint as time-barred, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Isabel C. Roque, plaintiff-appellant, pro se.

Kristin M. Helmers for defendant-respondent.

Before: Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Rosenberger, Wallach, Buckley, JJ.


Since plaintiff's decedent died in September 1996 and the action was not filed until March 1999, the motion court correctly dismissed the action as barred by the two-year Statute of Limitations applicable to wrongful death actions against defendant (Public Authorities Law § 2981; see, Baez v. New York City Health Hosps. Corp., 80 N.Y.2d 571, 576, n*). We note, as did the motion court, that plaintiff never filed a notice of claim (Public Authorities Law § 2980).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Roque v. Metropolitan Hospital

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 5, 2002
292 A.D.2d 175 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

Roque v. Metropolitan Hospital

Case Details

Full title:ISABEL C. ROQUE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL…

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

Date published: Mar 5, 2002

Citations

292 A.D.2d 175 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
738 N.Y.S.2d 201

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