Impastato v. De Girolamo

— In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, defendant Paul Citrin, M.D., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Clemente, J.), dated February 22, 1982, which, inter alla, denied his cross motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint as to him for failure to state a cause of action. Order affirmed, with costs. Although Dr. Citrin’s cross motion was denominated as one to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd [a]), it was made after joinder of issue and, therefore, was actually a motion for summary judgment pursuant to CPLR 3212 (see Connell v Hayden, 83…