Rizzo v. Balish
| Decision Date | 23 August 2017 |
| Docket Number | 2016-05813. Index No. 100065/14. |
| Citation | 153 A.D.3d 869,61 N.Y.S.3d 257 |
| Parties | Camille RIZZO, et al., appellants, v. DRS. BALISH & FRIEDMAN, DDS, et al., defendants. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Lutfy & Santora, Staten Island, NY (James L. Lutfy of counsel), for appellants.
Amabile & Erman, P.C., Staten Island, NY (Stephanie M. Berger of counsel), for defendants.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., REINALDO E. RIVERA, SANDRA L. SGROI, and JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.
In an action to recover damages for dental malpractice and lack of informed consent, etc., the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Dollard, J.), dated May 6, 2016, as denied their unopposed motion pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.21(e) to vacate the note of issue and certificate of readiness.
ORDERED that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and the plaintiffs' motion pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.21(e) to vacate the note of issue and certificate of readiness is granted.
In this dental malpractice action, the Supreme Court issued a certification order dated March 30, 2016, which directed the plaintiffs to serve and file a note of issue and certificate of readiness within 48 hours "or the case is dismissed." The plaintiffs filed a note of issue and certificate of readiness within 48 hours, and within six days of the certification order, they moved to vacate the note of issue and certificate of readiness. The defendants did not oppose the motion. The court denied the plaintiffs' motion.
Pursuant to Uniform Rules for Trial Courts ( 22 NYCRR) § 202.21, a note of issue must be accompanied by a certificate of readiness, which must state that there are no outstanding requests for discovery and the case is ready for trial (see 22 NYCRR 202.21 [a], [b]; Furrukh v. Forest Hills Hosp., 107 A.D.3d 668, 669, 966 N.Y.S.2d 497 ).
Here, the plaintiffs' certificate of readiness stated, among other things, that discovery proceedings had not been completed, that there were outstanding requests for discovery, and that the case was not ready for trial. Since the certificate of readiness failed to materially comply with the requirements of 22 NYCRR 202.21, the filing of the note of issue was a nullity (see 22 NYCRR 202.21 [b], [e]; Dutchess Truck Repair, Inc. v. Boyce, 120 A.D.3d 543, 545, 991 N.Y.S.2d 639 ; Furrukh v. Forest Hills Hosp., 107 A.D.3d at 669, 966...
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