Rosas v. Stieg

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (O’Donoghue, J.), entered July 15, 2011, which denied his motion to vacate an order of the same court entered March 10, 2010, which, sua sponte, dismissed the action pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.27 (b) based on the plaintiffs failure to appear for a court-ordered compliance conference and, in effect, to vacate a judgment of the same court entered November 17, 2010, which, upon the order entered March 10, 2010, dismissed the action, and to restore the…