Legal Opinion
Coakley v. Africano
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 13, 1992PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion *1072granted. Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced a medical malpractice action in April 1988, naming as defendants Rochester General Hospital, Dr. William Africano, and Dr. Donald Gabel. The action was dismissed against Gabel as a result of the failure of plaintiffs’ former attorneys to comply with an order of preclusion (see, Coakley v Gabel, 158 AD2d 954, lv dismissed 76 NY2d 931, rearg denied 76 NY2d 1018). Plaintiffs retained new counsel who maintained the medical malpractice action against the remaining defendants and commenced a…
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- Business Council of New York State, Inc. v. CooneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Coakley v. GabelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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