Mazella v Beals

Mazella v Beals 2014 NY Slip Op 08145 Decided on November 21, 2014 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on November 21, 2014 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., FAHEY, LINDLEY, AND VALENTINO, JJ.
973 CA 13-01419

[*1]JANICE MAZELLA, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH MAZELLA, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

v

WILLIAM BEALS, M.D., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, ET AL., DEFENDANT. (APPEAL NO. 1.)

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (John C. Cherundolo, A.J.), entered March 18, 2013. The order denied the motion of defendant William Beals, M.D., to set aside a jury verdict, granted the motion of plaintiff for judgment and denied the cross motion of defendant William Beals, M.D., to adjust the award of damages.

GALE GALE & HUNT, LLC, SYRACUSE, MEISELMAN, PACKMAN, NEALON, SCIALABBA & BAKER P.C., WHITE PLAINS (MYRA I. PACKMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

DEL DUCHETTO & POTTER, SYRACUSE (ERNEST A. DEL DUCHETTO OF COUNSEL), AND ALESSANDRA DEBLASIO, NEW YORK CITY, FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs (see Hughes v Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy , 140 AD2d 988; Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts , 63 AD2d 566, 567; see also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

Entered: November 21, 2014

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court