Bumbaca v. Bonanno

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Maltese, J.), dated May 11, 2006, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

In November 1995 the plaintiff suffered a compound fracture of his left leg when he fell off a ladder. He was admitted to the defendant Staten Island University Hospital (hereinafter SIUH) where the defendant…