Rose v Brooks Mem. Hosp.

Rose v Brooks Mem. Hosp. 2014 NY Slip Op 06384 Decided on September 26, 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 September 26, 2014 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., FAHEY, CARNI, VALENTINO, AND WHALEN, JJ.
160 CA 13-01318

[*1]PEGGY ANN ROSE, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOYCE PRZYTULA, DECEASED, AND JOHN PRZYTULA, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,

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BROOKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, GREGORY C. DIFRANCESCO, M.D., JAMES P. FITZGERALD, M.D., LAKESHORE ORTHOPEDIC GROUP, P.C., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, REENA BOSE, M.D. AND RAZVAN BALOTESCU, M.D., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Chautauqua County (Deborah A. Chimes, J.), entered March 22, 2013. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied in part the motion of defendants Reena Bose, M.D., and Razvan Balotescu, M.D., to preclude certain testimony of plaintiffs' expert and granted the motion of plaintiffs to direct Marylou K. Roshia to accept service of subpoenas for Reena Bose, M.D. and Razvan Balotescu, M.D., out-of-state residents.

DAMON MOREY LLP, BUFFALO (MARYLOU K. ROSHIA OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP, BUFFALO (LARAINE KELLEY OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.

RICOTTA & VISCO, BUFFALO (K. JOHN BLAND OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT BROOKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

FELDMAN KIEFFER, LLP, BUFFALO (JAMES E. EAGAN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT GREGORY C. DIFRANCESCO, M.D.

Now, upon the stipulation of discontinuance signed by the attorneys for the parties on January 14, 2014, and filed in the Chautauqua County Clerk's Office on February 12, 2014,

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs upon stipulation.

Entered: September 26, 2014

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court