Estate of Mollo v. Rothman
| Decision Date | 04 June 2001 |
| Citation | 725 N.Y.S.2d 560,284 A.D.2d 299 |
| Parties | ESTATE OF MARIA MOLLO, Appellant,<BR>v.<BR>IVAN ROTHMAN et al., Respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ritter, J. P., Friedmann, H. Miller and Crane, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
The defendants established through competent medical affidavits and deposition testimony that they did not contribute to or proximately cause the decedent's death (see, Amsler v Verrilli, 119 AD2d 786). Thus, the Supreme Court properly determined that the defendants made a prima facie showing of entitlement to summary judgment.
The affidavit of the plaintiff's expert, submitted in opposition, failed to raise a triable issue of fact that the defendants' omissions or departures were a competent producing cause of death (see, Yasin v Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hosp., 254 AD2d 281; Domaradzki v Glen Cove Ob/Gyn Assocs., 242 AD2d 282; Gross v Friedman, 138 AD2d 571, affd 73 NY2d 721). The affidavit contained only bare conclusory allegations and assumed material facts not supported by the evidence (see, Tucker v Elimelech, 184 AD2d 636). As the plaintiff failed to rebut the defendants' prima facie showing of entitlement to summary judgment, the complaint was properly dismissed.
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