SHARKEY, DONALD J. v. CHOW, M.D., JOSEPH LIN-YUN

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department CA 10-01868 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., FAHEY, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

DONALD J. SHARKEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JOSEPH LIN-YUN CHOW, M.D., CELESTINE J.

SZULEWSKI, P.A., SPRINGVILLE PEDIATRICS AND ADULT CARE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND RONALD G. BASALYGA, M.D., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 4.)

LAW OFFICES OF LINDA J. MARSH AND ARTHUR J. ZILLER, BUFFALO (ARTHUR ZILLER OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT.

CARTER, CONBOY, CASE, BLACKMORE, MALONEY & LAIRD, P.C., ALBANY (ADAM H. COOPER OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

DAMON MOREY LLP, BUFFALO, MEISELMAN, DENLEA, PACKMAN, CARTON & EBERZ, P.C., WHITE PLAINS (MYRA I. PACKMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

Appeal and cross appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Christopher J. Burns, J.), entered September 2, 2010 in a medical malpractice action. The order, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion for leave to renew and, upon renewal, adhered to the court’s prior determination denying the motion of plaintiff to strike defendants’ joint answer.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same Memorandum as in Sharkey v Chow ([appeal No. 2] ___ AD3d ___ [May 6, 2011]).

Entered: May 6, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan Clerk of the Court