Barner v. Depner

Full title: SUZANNE BARNER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Dec 23, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 8780 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

1263 CA 16-01079

12-23-2016

SUZANNE BARNER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN M. BARNER, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. CHRISTOPHER R. DEPNER, M.D., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER AND BARBARA J. KIRCHER, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

PORTER NORDBY HOWE LLP, SYRACUSE (ERIC C. NORDBY OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT. OSBORN REED & BURKE, LLP, ROCHESTER (CHRISTIAN C. CASINI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, NEMOYER, AND SCUDDER, JJ.

PRESENT:

PORTER NORDBY HOWE LLP, SYRACUSE (ERIC C. NORDBY OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

OSBORN REED & BURKE, LLP, ROCHESTER (CHRISTIAN C. CASINI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Allegany County (Thomas P. Brown, A.J.), dated July 31, 2015. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the motion of defendants The University of Rochester and Barbara J. Kircher, M.D., for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint against them.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court.

Entered: December 23, 2016

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court