Legal Opinion
Lemmerman v. Delmar Dental
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Benza, J.), entered May 13, 2003 in Albany County, which denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint.
Plaintiff commenced this action on September 30, 2002 alleging, among other things, that defendant Thomas Abele negligently injured her lingual nerve while extracting four wisdom teeth on January 11, 2000. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint upon the ground that it was barred by the 2½-year statute of limitations for dental malpractice actions (see CPLR 214-a). Plaintiff contended that she received treatment related to the extraction from…
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- Plummer v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Easton v. KellermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Stahl v. SmudAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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