D'Orso v. Shaffer

— In an action to recover damages for personal injuries based upon medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Graci, J.), dated April 28, 1988, which denied his motion for leave to serve an amended complaint adding Alan Antonelli as defendant.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs, to the respondent and to nonparty Alan Antonelli.

The plaintiff commenced this action solely against the defendant Mark S. Shaffer, M.D., based on his alleged negligence in failing to properly diagnose a cancerous condition suffered by the…