Santana v. St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center of New York
Decision Date | 15 September 2009 |
Docket Number | 2008-08695. |
Citation | 65 A.D.3d 1119,2009 NY Slip Op 06528,886 N.Y.S.2d 57 |
Parties | PEDRO SANTANA, Respondent, v. ST. VINCENT CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER OF NEW YORK, Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) to dismiss the complaint as time-barred is granted.
On November 19, 2002, the plaintiff's decedent, a 73-year-old cancer patient at the defendant St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center of New York (hereinafter the defendant), allegedly was injured when he fell from his hospital bed. In September 2005, after the decedent's death, the plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for the decedent's personal injuries. The defendant moved pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) to dismiss the complaint, asserting that the plaintiff's claim sounded in medical malpractice and was barred by the statute of limitations governing such actions (see CPLR 214-a). The Supreme Court denied the motion, and the defendant appeals.
A cause of action to recover damages for medical malpractice accrues on the date of the alleged act, omission, or failure complained of, and is subject to a 2½-year statute of limitations (see CPLR 214-a; Young v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 91 NY2d 291, 295-296 [1998]); a three-year statute of limitations applies to an action alleging ordinary negligence (CPLR 214 [5]). (Weiner v Lenox Hill Hosp., 88 NY2d 784, 787-788 [1996] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]; see Pacio v Franklin Hosp., 63 AD3d 1130 [2009]).
Here, the complaint, as amplified by the bill of particulars (see Grassman v Slovin, 206 AD2d 504 [1994]; Stanley v Lebetkin, 123 AD2d 854 [1986...
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