Blaisdell v. Huntington Hospital

—In an action to recover damages for wrongful death and medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gowan, J.), dated March 31, 1999, which granted that branch of the oral application of the defendants Huntington Medical Group, P. C., Jay Steinberg, Andrew Patane, Ra-man Bhasin, and David Mayer which was to preclude the introduction of the testimony of nonparty Scott Blaisdell at the trial of this action, upon his failure to appear for a deposition.

Ordered that on the Court’s own motion, the notice of appeal is deemed to be an application for…