Curtis v. Lopez

—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, (1) the third-party defendant, Charles Stewart, appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCaffrey, J.), dated December 4, 1998, as denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint, and (2) the defendant third-party plaintiff Winthrop University Hospital cross-appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of the order as denied that branch of its cross motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action asserted against it based on its…