Kwiecinski v. Hwang

Peters, J.P,

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Lebous, J.), entered September 19, 2008 in Broome County, which granted a motion by defendants Chung Hwang, Susquehanna Anesthesia Affiliates and Mark Rivlin to, among other things, amend their answer.

Plaintiff commenced this action alleging, among other things, that she was negligently given the wrong drug in preparation for surgery. Specifically, in paragraph 23 of her complaint, plaintiff alleged that she “was supposed to receive Versed prior to the surgery. Instead, due to negligence, gross negligence and recklessness of defendant[s],…