McKnight v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

— In a medical malpractice action, defendant, New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated April 18, 1977, which granted plaintiffs motion to strike its affirmative defense that the action is barred because of plaintiffs failure to commence the action within the Statute of Limitations. Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and motion denied. In view of the decision of the Court of Appeals in Merced v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp. (44 NY2d 398, 414-415), that the "foreign object” exception enunciated in Flanagan v…