Heinrich v. Serens

2025 NY Slip Op 04319

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Heinrich v Serens (2025 NY Slip Op 04319)

Heinrich v Serens

2025 NY Slip Op 04319

Decided on July 25, 2025

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

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Decided on July 25, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., CURRAN, OGDEN, DELCONTE, AND KEANE, JJ.

384 CA 24-00340

[*1]KENNETH HEINRICH, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID ALAN HEINRICH, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v

KELLEY A. SERENS, N.P., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, MARIAM ALEXANDER, M.D., AMY PATEL, M.D., VIVIAN CHAN, M.D., AND MICHAEL KOSTERS, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

SIDNEY P. COMINSKY, LLC, JAMESVILLE (SIDNEY P. COMINSKY OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (DUSTIN J. BROCKNER OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Joseph E. Lamendola, J.), entered February 7, 2024. The judgment dismissed the amended complaint against defendants Mariam Alexander, M.D., Amy Patel, M.D., Vivian Chan, M.D., and Michael Kosters, M.D.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the amended complaint is reinstated against defendants Mariam Alexander, M.D., Amy Patel, M.D., Vivian Chan, M.D., and Michael Kosters, M.D., and a new trial is granted.

Same memorandum as in Heinrich v Serens ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [July 25, 2025] [4th Dept 2025]).

Entered: July 25, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court