| Williams v North Shore LIJ Health Sys. |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 05537 [119 AD3d 937] |
| July 30, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| 1 Patrick Williams, Individually and as Administrator ofthe Estate of Tawana Williams, Deceased, Appellant, v North Shore LIJ HealthSystem et al., Defendants, and Mermaid Medical and Diagnostics, P.C., Also Known asMermaid Medical Association, et al., Respondents. |
G. Wesley Simpson, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
Dopf, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Martin B. Adams of counsel), for respondentsNeurology Associates of Westchester, P.C. Group, Seaview Cardiology Services, andRegan and McGinn, P.C., and for defendants Charles Schwartz, Michael Castellano,Theodore Maniatis, Michael Chalhoub, James Bruno, Amir Yazdani, ThomasConstantino, Neil Greenberg, Donald McCord, Island Medical Specialists, P.C., StatenIsland Pulmonary Associates, and Staten Island Heart.
McAloon & Friedman, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Gina Bernardi Di Folco ofcounsel), for respondents Thomas Panetta and New York Surgical Associates, P.C.
Charles J. Siegel, New York, N.Y. (Selma Moy of counsel), for respondents HealingQuest Physical Therapy, P.C., and Nicole Laufer.
Amabile & Erman, P.C., Staten Island, N.Y. (Shari D. Steinfeld of counsel), forrespondent Ann Marchesano.
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death, theplaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court,Kings County (Steinhardt, J.), dated March 1, 2012, as denied his motion for leave toenter a default judgment against the defendants Mermaid Medical and Diagnostics, P.C.,also known as Mermaid Medical Association, Spine and Pain Consultants of New York,Neurology Associates of Westchester, P.C. Group, Emergency Medicine Physicians ofStaten Island. P.C., Hart Mart Medical Services, Verrazano Vascular, VerrazanoVascular Associates, Regan and McGinn, P.C., New York Surgical Associates, P.C.,Healing Quest Physical Therapy, P.C., Seaview Cardiology Services, Glaser MobarakiaAdedeji Tolia, Mermaid Health Center, University Physicians Group, Frank Torantini,Richard Kang, William Rodino, Thomas Panetta, Peter Bennardo, Simran Sandhu,Jonathan Finkelstein, Frank Tarantini, Shaheda Ali, Yelana Aronoya, Gene Coppa,Nicole Laufer, and Ann Marchesano, upon their failure to appear or answer thecomplaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costspayable to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
[*2] In support of his motion for leave to enter a defaultjudgment against the respondents upon their failure to appear and answer, the plaintifffailed to proffer either an affidavit of the facts or a complaint verified by a party withpersonal knowledge of the facts as required by CPLR 3215 (f) (see Peniston v Epstein, 10AD3d 450 [2004]; DeVivo v Sparago, 287 AD2d 535, 536 [2001];Fiorino v Yung Poon Yung, 281 AD2d 513 [2001]; Grainger v Wright,274 AD2d 549 [2000]). Thus, the Supreme Court properly denied the motion. Skelos,J.P., Lott, Roman and LaSalle, JJ., concur.