Baumgarten v. Slavin

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendants Michael Slavin and Long Island Jewish Medical Center appeal (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O’Brien, J.), dated February 7, 1997, which, inter alia, denied their motion, among other things, (i) pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and against them, and direct that judgment be entered in their favor as a matter of law, or (ii) for a new trial to establish the “equitable share of the damages” of the settling defendants Maurice Kendal, Donald…