Opinion
Appeal No. 15753 Index No. 310425/11ECase No. 2021-01809
04-21-2022
Sarah Adams, an Incapacitated Person by her Legal Guardian, Yanixa Rosado et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Juan J. Pilarte, M.D., Defendant, The Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant, Montefiore Medical Center, Defendant-Respondent. Appeal No. 15753 No. 2021-01809
Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, New York (Elliott J. Zucker of counsel), for appellant. Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin LLP, New York (Jeremy A. Hellman of counsel), for Sarah Adams and Yanixa Rosado, respondents. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains (Milan P. Spisek of counsel), for Montefiore Medical Center, respondent.
Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, New York (Elliott J. Zucker of counsel), for appellant.
Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin LLP, New York (Jeremy A. Hellman of counsel), for Sarah Adams and Yanixa Rosado, respondents.
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains (Milan P. Spisek of counsel), for Montefiore Medical Center, respondent.
Before: Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Mazzarelli, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John R. Higgitt, J.), entered October 27, 2020, which granted defendant Montefiore Medical Center's motion to dismiss the complaint as against it for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiffs' claims against Montefiore are governed by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) (28 USC § 1346[b][1]; see Osborn v Haley, 549 U.S. 225, 243 [2007]). Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over claims brought under the FTCA, and this action had previously been removed to federal court under 28 USC § 2679(d)(2). Thus, the motion court properly dismissed the action against Montefiore under CPLR 3211(a)(2) and (5), as it had no power to issue any further orders without subject matter jurisdiction (see Darlene W. v Montefiore Med. Ctr., 180 A.D.3d 602, 602 [1st Dept 2020]; Dyer v Cahan, 150 A.D.2d 172, 173 [1st Dept 1989]). THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.