Smith v. Crouse Health Hosp., Inc.

200 N.Y.S.3d 256, 222 A.D.3d 1419, 2023 NY Slip Op 06662

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: December 22, 2023
• Docket: 941 CA 23-01129
• Status: Published

Opinion

Smith v Crouse Health Hosp., Inc. (2023 NY Slip Op 06662)

Smith v Crouse Health Hosp., Inc.

2023 NY Slip Op 06662

Decided on December 22, 2023

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on December 22, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., BANNISTER, MONTOUR, AND NOWAK, JJ.

941 CA 23-01129

[*1]COLE R. SMITH, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT D. SMITH, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

v

CROUSE HEALTH HOSPITAL, INC., VANESSA GOYES RUIZ, M.D., KAITLYN C. LACHANCE, R.N., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

GALE GALE & HUNT, LLC, FAYETTEVILLE (ANDREW R. BORELLI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

PORTER LAW GROUP, SYRACUSE (JEFFREY M. NARUS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Deborah H. Karalunas, J.), entered June 26, 2023. The order, among other things, denied the motion of defendants Crouse Health Hospital, Inc., Vanessa Goyes Ruiz, M.D., and Kaitlyn C. LaChance, R.N. seeking, inter alia, to quash plaintiff's subpoena for depositions.

Now, upon reading and filing the stipulation of discontinuance signed by the attorneys for the parties on December 7, 2023,

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs upon stipulation.

Entered: December 22, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court