Papineau v. Powell

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered May 20, 1997 in St. Lawrence County, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to comply with a prior court order.

Plaintiff commenced this medical malpractice action in January 1993, based upon injuries she allegedly sustained as the result of medical treatment rendered by defendants in 1991. The case was scheduled for trial four times but each time was marked off Supreme Court’s calendar, twice due to the unavailability of plaintiff’s attorney and twice due to the unavailability of plaintiff’s…