Hazell v. Dranitzke
Decision Date | 11 December 2007 |
Docket Number | 2006-11621.,2006-10885. |
Citation | 848 N.Y.S.2d 261,46 A.D.3d 619,2007 NY Slip Op 09728 |
Parties | CATHERINE HAZELL, Appellant, v. RICHARD DRANITZKE et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that one bill of costs is awarded to the respondents.
The appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action (see Matter of Aho, 39 NY2d 241, 248 [1976]). The issues raised on appeal from the order are brought up for review and have been considered on appeal from the judgment (see CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).
In opposition to the prima facie demonstrations by the defendants Dr. Richard Dranitzke and St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (hereinafter St. Charles) of their entitlement to summary judgment, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact (see Bowman v Chasky, 30 AD3d 552, 552-553 [2006]; see also Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 563 [1980]). Therefore, the Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment to Dranitzke on the plaintiff's cause of action alleging that he negligently performed a left carotid endarterectomy, hemashield patch, and angioplasty operation and negligently failed to secure the plaintiff's decedent during a CT scan, and also properly granted summary judgment to St. Charles on the plaintiff's cause of action alleging that the hospital personnel negligently failed to secure the decedent during a CT scan (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d at 564).
The plaintiff's contention invoking res ipsa loquitur is not properly before this Court, as this...
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