Opinion
2011-09-13
Michael J. YOUNG, et al., appellants,v.Steven STRUHL, et al., respondents, et al., defendants.
Godosky & Gentile, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Pollack Pollack Isaac & De Cicco [Brian J. Isaac and Michael H. Zhu], of counsel), for appellants.Callan, Koster, Brady & Brennan LLP, New York, N.Y. (Michael P. Kandler and Stephen J. Barrett of counsel), for respondents.
Motion by the respondents for leave to reargue an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated June 15, 2009, which was determined by decision and order of this Court dated January 11, 2011, or, in the alternative, for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals from the decision and order of this Court.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals is denied; and it is further,
ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is for leave to reargue is granted and, upon reargument, the decision and order of this Court dated January 11, 2011 ( Young v. Struhl, 80 A.D.3d 605, 914 N.Y.S.2d 289), is recalled and vacated, and the following decision and order is substituted therefor:
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rosenberg, J.), dated June 15, 2009, which granted the motion of the defendants Steven Struhl and Steven Struhl, M.D., P.C., for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against those defendants.
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion of the defendants Steven Struhl and Steven Struhl, M.D., P.C., for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them is denied.
The moving defendants failed to establish their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law with respect to
the issue of the statute of limitations ( see CPLR 214–a; Zito v. Jastremski, 58 A.D.3d 724, 726, 871 N.Y.S.2d 717; Vaughn v. City of New York, 4 A.D.3d 412, 414, 771 N.Y.S.2d 372; Denlea v. Hanswirth, 303 A.D.2d 711, 712, 758 N.Y.S.2d 85). Moreover, although the moving defendants made a prima facie showing of their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting the affidavit of two experts who opined, inter alia, that the moving defendants did not deviate from accepted standards of care in their treatment of the plaintiff Michael J. Young, and that any alleged deviation was not the proximate cause of the plaintiffs' damages, the affidavit of the plaintiffs' expert, submitted in opposition to the motion, raised triable issues of fact ( see Martin v. Siegenfeld, 70 A.D.3d 786, 787–788, 894 N.Y.S.2d 115; Colao v. St. Vincent's Med. Ctr., 65 A.D.3d 660, 661–662, 885 N.Y.S.2d 306; Howard v. Kennedy, 60 A.D.3d 905, 906, 875 N.Y.S.2d 271). Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have denied the motion of the defendants Steven Struhl and Steven Struhl, M.D., P.C., for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them.
RIVERA, J.P., DICKERSON, CHAMBERS and LOTT, JJ., concur.