Opinion
December 9, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.).
While the instant alleged medical malpractice occurred prior to the effective date of the 1975 amendment to CPLR 214 and creation of CPLR 214-a, the intent of the Legislature in enacting said CPLR 214-a is significant in determining whether an IUD, which was allegedly negligently left in plaintiff, constitutes a "foreign object" for purposes of the discovery exception to the relevant Statute of Limitations under the principles set forth in the pre-amendment case of Flanagan v Mount Eden Gen. Hosp. ( 24 N.Y.2d 427; see, Cooper v Edinbergh, 75 A.D.2d 757). As we held in Rodriguez v Manhattan Med. Group ( 155 A.D.2d 114, 115, affd 77 N.Y.2d 217) a "fixation device," such as an IUD, is not transformed into a "foreign object" when a physician fails to remove it after being retained to do so. (See also, Rockefeller v Moront, 81 N.Y.2d 560, 565.)
We have considered all other claims and find them to be meritless.
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Carro, Wallach and Asch, JJ.