Legal Opinion

Hollis v. Trenkle

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 12, 1985PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, plaintiff appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Pantano, J.), dated March 1, 1985, as denied her motion for leave to amend the complaint to assert a cause of action for wrongful death.

Order affirmed, insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.

Plaintiff failed to submit competent medical proof of a causal connection between the alleged malpractice in 1983 and the death of the original plaintiff in 1984 (see, e.g., Florentino v Cobble Hill Nursing Home, 101 AD2d 825; Ortiz v…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fiorentino v. Cobble Hill Nursing HomeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. Ortiz v. BonoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  3. Wood v. Southside HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Artese v. Brooklyn Longshoremen's Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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