Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2023

Lewis v. Sulaiman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 9, 2023

2023 NY Slip Op 03168

Opinion

Lewis v Sulaiman (2023 NY Slip Op 03168)

Lewis v Sulaiman

2023 NY Slip Op 03168

Decided on June 9, 2023

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

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Decided on June 9, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, BANNISTER, MONTOUR, AND OGDEN, JJ.

1029 CA 21-01515

[*1]MARY BETH LEWIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS COURT- APPOINTED GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON AND PROPERTY OF KRISTINA MARIE LEWIS, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 81 OF THE NEW YORK STATE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

v

ROSALIND SULAIMAN, M.D., CHRISTOPHER M. OCCHINO, M.D., DEFENDANTS, MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO AND CATHOLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

BARGNESI BRITT PLLC, BUFFALO (JASON T. BRITT OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

CHERUNDOLO LAW FIRM, PLLC, SYRACUSE (PETER C. PAPAYANAKOS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Frederick J. Marshall, J.), entered August 23, 2021. The order, among other things, denied in part the motion of defendants Mercy Hospital of Buffalo and Catholic Health System, Inc. for summary judgment.

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

Same memorandum as in Lewis v Sulaiman ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [June 9, 2023] [4th Dept 2023]).

Entered: June 9, 2023

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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