Megna v. Becton Dickinson & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Hart, J.), dated December 20, 1993, which granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court correctly determined that the plaintiff’s complaint failed to adequately allege a cause of action, inasmuch as it was devoid of specific factual allegations and did not indicate the material elements of a claim and how they would apply to the case (see, CPLR 3013; see, e.g., Willis v…
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