McCrossan v. Buffalo Heart Group

—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and motion granted. Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this medical malpractice action against, inter alia, defendant Buffalo Heart Group (BHG). *876Plaintiff gave BHG’s attorney an authorization to obtain his medical records from nonparty respondent Mercy Hospital (Hospital). The Hospital, through Health Information Management Services, informed BHG’s counsel that it would provide the records after counsel remitted to it the sum of $274.32 (itemized to be 75 cents per page for copying, a clerical fee of $15, a shipping fee of $5 and sales tax of…