Cassese v. Brooklyn Hospital

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Antoinette Cassese, now deceased, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pino, J.), entered July 30, 1984, which, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence during a bifurcated trial by jury on the issue of liability only, granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the action on the ground that the plaintiff failed to make out a prima facie case.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.

This action was commenced by Antoinette Cassese in September 1980 to recover damages for personal injuries which she…