Van Inwegen v. Lucia

—In an action to recover damages for dental malpractice, the defendant Eugene Lucia appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Owen, J.), dated April 13, 1994, as denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as time-barred.

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

During an eight-year period between June 1976 and March 1984, the plaintiff received dental treatment from the defen*577dant Dr. Eugene Lucia, who, inter alia, fitted 3…