Muriel v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Muriel v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

52 A.D.3d 792, 861 N.Y.S.2d 741

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJune 24, 2008

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Muriel v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp., 52 A.D.3d 792, 861 N.Y.S.2d 741 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2008).

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In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated March 26, 2007, which denied their motion to vacate an order of the same court dated January 11, 2006 granting the unopposed motion of the defendant Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Ordered that the order dated March 26, 2007 is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiffs’ motion to vacate their default in opposing the motion of the defendant Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it. Regardless of whether the law-office failure leading to the plaintiffs’ nonappearance in the courtroom on the motion’s original return date might be considered a reasonable excuse, the plaintiffs failed to provide evidence of a meritorious cause of action. Moreover, the action may be brought only by a qualified personal representative of the decedent and the “proposed administratrix” lacked capacity to proceed in this action (see Carrick v Central Gen. Hosp., 51 NY2d 242 [1980]). Fisher, J.E, Garni, McCarthy and Belen, JJ., concur.

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In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated March 26, 2007, which denied their motion to vacate an order of the same court dated January 11, 2006 granting the unopposed motion of the defendant Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Ordered that the order dated March 26, 2007 is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiffs’ motion to vacate their default in opposing the motion of the defendant Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it. Regardless of whether the law-office failure leading to the plaintiffs’ nonappearance in the courtroom on the motion’s original return date might be considered a reasonable excuse, the plaintiffs failed to provide evidence of a meritorious cause of action. Moreover, the action may be brought only by a qualified personal representative of the decedent and the “proposed administratrix” lacked capacity to proceed in this action (see Carrick v Central Gen. Hosp., 51 NY2d 242 [1980]). Fisher, J.E, Garni, McCarthy and Belen, JJ., concur.

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