Biggs v. Mary Immaculate Hospital

—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death, the plaintiff appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), dated May 24, 2000, which, in effect, granted the respective motions of the defendants Mary Immaculate Hospital, the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc., and Harshad Bhatt to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them for failure to prosecute pursuant to CPLR 3216, and (2) a judgment of the same court, entered June 20, 2000, which dismissed the complaint insofar as asserted against those defendants.

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