Bijou v. Lechtenberg

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., resulting from medical malpractice, the defendant Richard Lechtenberg appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bellard, J.), entered January 26, 1989, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The defendant first moved for summary judgment in early 1988, and, after the plaintiff’s failure to submit opposition papers, the defendant was conditionally granted summary judgment by…