Maceno v. Franklin Hospital Medical Center

In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Patterson, J.), dated November 13, 2003, as granted the motion of the defendants Franklin Hospital Medical Center and Doctrates G. Demeterio to vacate the note of issue and certificate of readiness, and granted the separate motion of the defendant Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, inter alia, to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it pursuant to CPLR 3216 to the extent of precluding the plaintiff…