Labin v. New York University Medical Center

— In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), entered April 2, 2009, which, upon an order of the same court dated March 3, 2009, in effect, converting the motion of the defendants New York University Medical Center and Daniel Rauch to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) into a motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against those defendants, and thereupon granting the…