Sence v. Atoynatan

In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated September 24, 2014, which granted the motion of the defendant New York Methodist Hospital pursuant to CPLR 2601, inter alia, for leave to pay the limits of its insurance policy into court.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

CPLR 2601 (a) provides that “[a] party paying money into court pursuant to the direction of the court is discharged thereby from all further liability to the extent of the money so paid in.'” Here, following a jury…