| Butler v Carfagna |
| 2006 NY Slip Op 06717 |
| Decided on September 22, 2006 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
Decided on September 22, 2006
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: PIGOTT, JR., P.J., HURLBUTT, SCUDDER, KEHOE, AND GREEN, JJ.
1106 CA 06-00753
[*1]JAMES M. BUTLER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MADELINE C. BUTLER, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
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VINCENT CARFAGNA, M.D. AND KATHLEEN A. KELLY, M.D., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
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VINCENT CARFAGNA, M.D. AND KATHLEEN A. KELLY, M.D., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
Appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Peter J. Notaro, J.), entered June 2, 2005. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied the motion of defendant Vincent Carfagna, M.D. and that part of the motion of defendant Kathleen A. Kelly, M.D. seeking an order compelling plaintiff to provide a further bill of particulars.
GOLDBERG SEGALLA LLP, BUFFALO (KIMBERLEE L. DANIEU OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT VINCENT CARFAGNA, M.D.
BROWN & TARANTINO, LLC, BUFFALO (NICOLE SCHREIB MAYER OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT KATHLEEN A. KELLEY, M.D., INCORRECTLY SUED HEREIN AS KATHLEEN A. KELLY, M.D.
DE MARIE & SCHOENBORN, P.C., BUFFALO (DANIEL L. SCHOENBORN OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum: Supreme Court properly exercised its discretion in denying the motion of defendant Vincent Carfagna, M.D. and that part of the motion of defendant Kathleen A. Kelly, M.D. seeking an order compelling plaintiff to provide a further bill of particulars. Plaintiff's responses to defendants' demands provide a "[g]eneral statement of the acts or omissions constituting the negligence claimed" (CPLR 3043 [a] [3]), and the responses provide sufficient information to enable defendants to conduct depositions and prepare their defenses (see Graves v County of Albany, 278 AD2d 578; cf. Hayes v Kearney, 237 AD2d 769, 770).
Entered: September 22, 2006
Clerk of the Court