Garcia v. New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan B. Lobis, J.), entered May 16, 2013, which denied plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend the pleadings to add a new party defendant and to file an amended summons and second amended complaint after the statute of limitations had run, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs allege that the defendant doctors, employed by or affiliated with defendant New York-Presbyterian Hospital, were negligent in performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedure and providing aftercare. After the statute of limitations had…