Alongi v. Sutter

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for dental malpractice, the defendant Steven J. Sutter appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Asher, J.), dated July 23, 2014, as denied that branch of his motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action to recover damages for dental malpractice insofar as asserted against him.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

“The requisite elements of proof in a dental malpractice ac tion are a deviation or departure from accepted standards of dental practice, and that such…